Logger (command)
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.
logger --server 10.10.x.x "TEST"
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
logger -n SERVER.DOMAIN.COM -T -P 514 "TEST
Activities
Related terms
systemd-cat
- rfc3164
See also
log show
in MacOSjournalctl
echo
,print, printf
,tput
,logger
,write-output, echo -e, /dev/stdout, banner
- Linux logging, Cisco IOS logging
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Original Source: https://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/Linux_Administration/System_Services/System_Logging/logger
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