Logger (command)

Linux (util-linux package) and most BSDs including MacOS provide logger command line utility to send messages to syslog, locally or to a remote syslog server. Many languages provide support for writing messages to syslog, such as go: https://godoc.org/github.com/spkg/slog.

Basic Usage

• logger -s "Message"

-s, --stderr Output the message to standard error as well as to the system log.

• echo "MY TEXT TO LOG" | logger -s

-s, --stderr Output the message to standard error as well as to the system log.

Activities

1. Log messages to a different file using rsyslog and logger command

Related terms

• systemd-cat
• rfc3164

See also

• log show in MacOS
• journalctl
• echo, print, printf, tput, logger, write-output, echo -e, /dev/stdout, banner
• Linux logging, Cisco IOS logging

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