-d, --udp
Use datagrams (UDP) only. By default the connection is tried
to the syslog port defined in /etc/services, which is often
514.
See also --server and --socket to specify where to connect.
-e, --skip-empty
Ignore empty lines when processing files. An empty line is
defined to be a line without any characters. Thus a line
consisting only of whitespace is NOT considered empty. Note
that when the --prio-prefix option is specified, the priority
is not part of the line. Thus an empty line in this mode is a
line that does not have any characters after the priority
prefix (e.g., <13>).
-f, --file file
Log the contents of the specified file. This option cannot be
combined with a command-line message.
-i
Log the PID of the logger process with each line.
--id[=id]
Log the PID of the logger process with each line. When the
optional argument id is specified, then it is used instead of
the logger command's PID. The use of --id=$$ (PPID) is
recommended in scripts that send several messages.
Note that the system logging infrastructure (for example
systemd when listening on /dev/log) may follow local socket
credentials to overwrite the PID specified in the message.
logger(1) is able to set those socket credentials to the
given id, but only if you have root permissions and a process
with the specified PID exists, otherwise the socket
credentials are not modified and the problem is silently
ignored.
--journald[=file]
Write a systemd journal entry. The entry is read from the
given file, when specified, otherwise from standard input.
Each line must begin with a field that is accepted by
journald; see systemd.journal-fields(7) for details. The use
of a MESSAGE_ID field is generally a good idea, as it makes
finding entries easy. Examples:
logger --journald <<end
MESSAGE_ID=67feb6ffbaf24c5cbec13c008dd72309
MESSAGE=The dogs bark, but the caravan goes on.
DOGS=bark
CARAVAN=goes on
end
logger --journald=entry.txt
Notice that --journald will ignore values of other options, such
as priority. If priority is needed it must be within input, and
use PRIORITY field. The simple execution of journalctl(1) will
display MESSAGE field. Use journalctl --output json-pretty to see
rest of the fields.
+ To include newlines in MESSAGE, specify MESSAGE several times.
This is handled as a special case, other fields will be stored as
an array in the journal if they appear multiple times.
--msgid msgid
Sets the RFC 5424 <https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc5424> MSGID
field. Note that the space character is not permitted inside
of msgid. This option is only used if --rfc5424 is specified
as well; otherwise, it is silently ignored.
-n, --server server
Write to the specified remote syslog server instead of to the
system log socket. Unless --udp or --tcp is specified, logger
will first try to use UDP, but if this fails a TCP connection
is attempted.
--no-act
Causes everything to be done except for writing the log
message to the system log, and removing the connection or the
journal. This option can be used together with --stderr for
testing purposes.
--octet-count
Use the RFC 6587 <https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6587> octet
counting framing method for sending messages. When this
option is not used, the default is no framing on UDP, and
RFC6587 non-transparent framing (also known as octet
stuffing) on TCP.
-P, --port port
Use the specified port. When this option is not specified,
the port defaults to syslog for udp and to syslog-conn for
tcp connections.
-p, --priority priority
Enter the message into the log with the specified priority.
The priority may be specified numerically or as a
facility.level pair. For example, -p local3.info logs the
message as informational in the local3 facility. The default
is user.notice.
--prio-prefix
Look for a syslog prefix on every line read from standard
input. This prefix is a decimal number within angle brackets
that encodes both the facility and the level. The number is
constructed by multiplying the facility by 8 and then adding
the level. For example, local0.info, meaning facility=16 and
level=6, becomes <134>.
If the prefix contains no facility, the facility defaults to
what is specified by the -p option. Similarly, if no prefix
is provided, the line is logged using the priority given with
-p.
This option doesn't affect a command-line message.
--rfc3164
Use the RFC 3164 <https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc3164> BSD
syslog protocol to submit messages to a remote server.
--rfc5424[=without]
Use the RFC 5424 <https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc5424> syslog
protocol to submit messages to a remote server. The optional
without argument can be a comma-separated list of the
following values: notq, notime, nohost.
The notq value suppresses the time-quality structured data
from the submitted message. The time-quality information
shows whether the local clock was synchronized plus the
maximum number of microseconds the timestamp might be off.
The time quality is also automatically suppressed when
--sd-id timeQuality is specified.
The notime value (which implies notq) suppresses the complete
sender timestamp that is in ISO-8601 format, including
microseconds and timezone.
The nohost value suppresses gethostname(2) information from
the message header.
The RFC 5424 protocol has been the default for logger since
version 2.26.
-s, --stderr
Output the message to standard error as well as to the system
log.
--sd-id name[@digits]
Specifies a structured data element ID for an RFC 5424
message header. The option has to be used before --sd-param
to introduce a new element. The number of structured data
elements is unlimited. The ID (name plus possibly @digits) is
case-sensitive and uniquely identifies the type and purpose
of the element. The same ID must not exist more than once in
a message. The @digits part is required for user-defined
non-standardized IDs.
logger currently generates the timeQuality standardized
element only. RFC 5424 also describes the elements origin
(with parameters ip, enterpriseId, software and swVersion)
and meta (with parameters sequenceId, sysUpTime and
language). These element IDs may be specified without the
@digits suffix.
--sd-param name=value
Specifies a structured data element parameter, a name and
value pair. The option has to be used after --sd-id and may
be specified more than once for the same element. Note that
the quotation marks around value are required and must be
escaped on the command line.
logger --rfc5424 --sd-id zoo@123 \
--sd-param tiger="hungry" \
--sd-param zebra="running" \
--sd-id manager@123 \
--sd-param onMeeting="yes" \
"this is message"
produces:
<13>1 2015-10-01T14:07:59.168662+02:00 ws kzak - -
[timeQuality tzKnown="1" isSynced="1"
syncAccuracy="218616"][zoo@123 tiger="hungry"
zebra="running"][manager@123 onMeeting="yes"] this is message
-S, --size size
Sets the maximum permitted message size to size. The default
is 1KiB characters, which is the limit traditionally used and
specified in RFC 3164. With RFC 5424, this limit has become
flexible. A good assumption is that RFC 5424 receivers can at
least process 4KiB messages.
Most receivers accept messages larger than 1KiB over any type
of syslog protocol. As such, the --size option affects logger
in all cases (not only when --rfc5424 was used).
Note: the message-size limit limits the overall message size,
including the syslog header. Header sizes vary depending on
the selected options and the hostname length. As a rule of
thumb, headers are usually not longer than 50 to 80
characters. When selecting a maximum message size, it is
important to ensure that the receiver supports the max size
as well, otherwise messages may become truncated. Again, as a
rule of thumb two to four KiB message size should generally
be OK, whereas anything larger should be verified to work.
--socket-errors[=mode]
Print errors about Unix socket connections. The mode can be a
value of off, on, or auto. When the mode is auto, then logger
will detect if the init process is systemd(1), and if so
assumption is made /dev/log can be used early at boot. Other
init systems lack of /dev/log will not cause errors that is
identical with messaging using openlog(3) system call. The
logger(1) before version 2.26 used openlog, and hence was
unable to detected loss of messages sent to Unix sockets.
The default mode is auto. When errors are not enabled lost
messages are not communicated and will result to successful
exit status of logger(1) invocation.
-T, --tcp
Use stream (TCP) only. By default the connection is tried to
the syslog-conn port defined in /etc/services, which is often
601.
See also --server and --socket to specify where to connect.
-t, --tag tag
Mark every line to be logged with the specified tag. The
default tag is the name of the user logged in on the terminal
(or a user name based on effective user ID).
-u, --socket socket
Write to the specified socket instead of to the system log
socket.
--
End the argument list. This allows the message to start with
a hyphen (-).
-V, --version
Display version information and exit.
-h, --help
Display help text and exit.
