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NAME | SYNOPSIS | DESCRIPTION | OPTIONS | EXIT STATUS | EXAMPLES | SEE ALSO | COLOPHON |
SYSTEMD-CAT(1) systemd-cat SYSTEMD-CAT(1)
systemd-cat - Connect a pipeline or program's output with the journal
systemd-cat [OPTIONS...] [COMMAND] [ARGUMENTS...]
systemd-cat [OPTIONS...]
systemd-cat may be used to connect the standard input and output of a
process to the journal, or as a filter tool in a shell pipeline to
pass the output the previous pipeline element generates to the
journal.
If no parameter is passed, systemd-cat will write everything it reads
from standard input (stdin) to the journal.
If parameters are passed, they are executed as command line with
standard output (stdout) and standard error output (stderr) connected
to the journal, so that all it writes is stored in the journal.
The following options are understood:
-h, --help
Print a short help text and exit.
--version
Print a short version string and exit.
-t, --identifier=
Specify a short string that is used to identify the logging tool.
If not specified, no identification string is written to the
journal.
-p, --priority=
Specify the default priority level for the logged messages. Pass
one of "emerg", "alert", "crit", "err", "warning", "notice",
"info", "debug", or a value between 0 and 7 (corresponding to the
same named levels). These priority values are the same as defined
by syslog(3). Defaults to "info". Note that this simply controls
the default, individual lines may be logged with different levels
if they are prefixed accordingly. For details, see
--level-prefix= below.
--stderr-priority=
Specifies the default priority level for messages from the
process's standard error output (stderr). Usage of this option is
the same as the --priority= option, above, and both can be used
at once. When both are used, --priority= will specify the default
priority for standard output (stdout).
If --stderr-priority= is not specified, messages from stderr will
still be logged, with the same default priority level as stdout.
Also, note that when stdout and stderr use the same default
priority, the messages will be strictly ordered, because one
channel is used for both. When the default priority differs, two
channels are used, and so stdout messages will not be strictly
ordered with respect to stderr messages - though they will tend
to be approximately ordered.
--level-prefix=
Controls whether lines read are parsed for syslog priority level
prefixes. If enabled (the default), a line prefixed with a
priority prefix such as "<5>" is logged at priority 5 ("notice"),
and similar for the other priority levels. Takes a boolean
argument.
On success, 0 is returned, a non-zero failure code otherwise.
Example 1. Invoke a program
This calls /bin/ls with standard output and error connected to the
journal:
# systemd-cat ls
Example 2. Usage in a shell pipeline
This builds a shell pipeline also invoking /bin/ls and writes the
output it generates to the journal:
# ls | systemd-cat
Even though the two examples have very similar effects the first is
preferable since only one process is running at a time, and both
stdout and stderr are captured while in the second example, only
stdout is captured.
systemd(1), systemctl(1), logger(1)
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Pages that refer to this page: sd-journal(3) , 30-systemd-environment-d-generator(7) , systemd.directives(7) , systemd.index(7) , systemd-journald(8) , systemd-journald-audit.socket(8) , systemd-journald-dev-log.socket(8) , systemd-journald.service(8) , systemd-journald@.service(8) , systemd-journald.socket(8) , systemd-journald@.socket(8) , systemd-journald-varlink.socket(8) , systemd-journald-varlink@.socket(8)