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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting Logger Command Post 302090395 by RTM on Monday 25th of September 2006 11:07:30 AM
Old 09-25-2006
$ iostat -E | logger

This works BUT because logger reads line-by-line, it adds the multiple lines AS multiple lines versus one line per disk entry. Nothing you can do about this since this is the way logger works. See the logger man page.
 

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LOGGER(1)						      General Commands Manual							 LOGGER(1)

NAME
logger - make entries in the system log SYNOPSIS
logger [ -t tag ] [ -p pri ] [ -i ] [ -f file ] [ message ... ] ARGUMENTS
-t tag Mark every line in the log with the specified tag. -p pri Enter the message with the specified priority. The priority may be specified numerically or as a ``facility.level'' pair. For example, ``-p local3.info'' logs the message(s) as informational level in the local3 facility. The default is ``user.notice.'' -i Log the process id of the logger process with each line. -f file Log the specified file. message The message to log; if not specified, the -f file or standard input is logged. DESCRIPTION
Logger provides a program interface to the syslog(3) system log module. A message can be given on the command line, which is logged immediately, or a file is read and each line is logged. EXAMPLES
logger System rebooted logger -p local0.notice -t HOSTIDM -f /dev/idmc SEE ALSO
syslog(3), syslogd(8) 4.3 Berkeley Distribution September 17, 1985 LOGGER(1)
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