Logger (command)

From wikieduonline
Jump to navigation Jump to search

Linux[1] (bsdutils 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.


logger -n SERVER.DOMAIN.COM -T  "TEST
logger: failed to resolve name SERVER.DOMAIN.COM port syslog-conn: Servname not supported for ai_socktype

Activities

  1. Log messages to a different file using rsyslog and logger command[2]


Related terms

See also

Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License; additional terms may apply. By using this site, you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy.

Original Source: https://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/Linux_Administration/System_Services/System_Logging/logger

Advertising: