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	1 .Dd October 8, 2015
	2 .Dt LOGGER 1
	3 .Os sbase
	4 .Sh NAME
	5 .Nm logger
	6 .Nd make entries in the system log
	7 .Sh SYNOPSIS
	8 .Nm
	9 .Op Fl is
	10 .Op Fl p Ar priority
	11 .Op Fl t Ar tag
	12 .Op Ar message ...
	13 .Sh DESCRIPTION
	14 .Nm
	15 provides a shell command interface to the
	16 .Xr syslog 3
	17 system log module and writes each
	18 .Ar message
	19 to the log.
	20 If no
	21 .Ar message
	22 is given,
	23 .Nm
	24 logs stdin.
	25 .Sh OPTIONS
	26 .Bl -tag -width xxxxxxxxxxxx
	27 .It Fl i
	28 Add the logger process ID to each line in the log.
	29 .It Fl p Ar priority
	30 Set the message
	31 .Ar priority
	32 given symbolically as a
	33 .Dq facility.level
	34 pair.
	35 The default is
	36 .Dq user.notice .
	37 .It Fl s
	38 Also log to stderr.
	39 .It Fl t Ar tag
	40 Add
	41 .Ar tag
	42 to each line in the log.
	43 .El
	44 .Sh SEE ALSO
	45 .Xr syslogd 1 ,
	46 .Xr syslog 3
	47 .Sh STANDARDS
	48 The
	49 .Nm
	50 utility is compliant with the
	51 .St -p1003.1-2013
	52 specification.
	53 .Pp
	54 The
	55 .Op Fl ipst
	56 flags are an extensions to that specification.