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                     20: .Dd July 24, 1990
                     21: .Dt LOGGER 1
                     22: .Os BSD 4.3
                     23: .Sh NAME
                     24: .Nm logger
                     25: .Nd make entries in the system log
                     26: .Sh SYNOPSIS
                     27: .Nm logger
                     28: .Op Fl is
                     29: .Op Fl f Ar file
                     30: .Op Fl p Ar pri
                     31: .Op Fl t Ar tag
                     32: .Op Ar message ...
                     33: .Sh DESCRIPTION
                     34: .Nm Logger
                     35: provides a shell command interface to the
                     36: .Xr syslog  3
                     37: system log module.
                     38: .Pp
                     39: Options:
                     40: .Pp
                     41: .Tw Fl
                     42: .Tp Fl i
                     43: Log the process id of the logger process
                     44: with each line.
                     45: .Tp Fl s
                     46: Log the message to standard error, as well as the system log.
                     47: .Tc Fl f
                     48: .Ws
                     49: .Ar file
                     50: .Cx
                     51: Log the specified file.
                     52: .Tc Fl p
                     53: .Ws
                     54: .Ar pri
                     55: .Cx
                     56: Enter the message with the specified priority.
                     57: The priority may be specified numerically or as a ``facility.level''
                     58: pair.
                     59: For example, ``\-p local3.info'' logs the message(s) as
                     60: .Sf Ar info rmational
                     61: level in the
                     62: .Ar local3
                     63: facility.
                     64: The default is ``user.notice.''
                     65: .Tc Fl t
                     66: .Ws
                     67: .Ar tag
                     68: .Cx
                     69: Mark every line in the log with the specified
                     70: .Ar tag  .
                     71: .Tp Ar message
                     72: Write the message to log; if not specified, and the
                     73: .Fl f
                     74: flag is not
                     75: provided, standard input is logged.
                     76: .Tp
                     77: .Pp
                     78: The
                     79: .Nm logger
                     80: utility exits 0 on success, and >0 if an error occurs.
                     81: .Sh EXAMPLES
                     82: .Pp
                     83: .Dl logger System rebooted
                     84: .Pp
                     85: .Dl logger \-p local0.notice \-t HOSTIDM \-f /dev/idmc
                     86: .Sh SEE ALSO
                     87: .Xr syslog 3 ,
                     88: .Xr syslogd 8
                     89: .Sh STANDARDS
                     90: The logger function is expected to be POSIX 1003.2 compatible.

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