.Dd December 4, 2014
.Dt LOGGER 1
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm logger
.Nd make entries in the system log
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Nm
.Op Fl is
.Op Fl p Ar priority
.Op Fl t Ar tag
.Op Ar message ...
.Sh DESCRIPTION
.Nm
provides a shell command interface to the
.Xr syslog 3
system log module.
.Sh OPTIONS
.Bl -tag -width xxxxxxxxxxxx
.It Fl i
Log the process ID of the logger process with each line.
.It Fl p Ar priority
Enter the message with the specified priority.  They priority
has to be specified symbolically as
.Dq facility.level
pair.  The default is
.Dq user.notice .
.It Fl s
Log the message to standard error, as well as the system log.
.It Fl t Ar tag
Mark every line in the log with the specified
.Ar tag .
.It Ar message
Write the message to the log; if not specified, standard input
is logged.
.El
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr syslog 3 ,
.Xr syslogd 1
.Sh STANDARDS
The
.Nm
utility is compliant with the
.St -p1003.1-2008
specification.
.Pp
The flags
.Op Fl ipst
are extensions to that specification.