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Operating Systems OS X (Apple) How can I direct messages from mac console.app to a log file? Post 303043906 by dallas88 on Monday 10th of February 2020 07:17:16 PM

02-10-2020

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This might not the best method but I used the Log show command to access the unified logs.
And then directed this to a file. So I use this to monitor the camera status.

Code:

#!/bin/bash
# Detects the status of the Apple Camera (Facetime).
Camstatus=$(log show --last 15m | grep 'AppleCamIn::')
echo "$Camstatus" >>~/library/logs/camera.log

I found out I can also can also run this command to collect the log info.
sudo log collect --output ~/Documents/logcoll.logarchive --start '2020-02-10'
(softron
HOW TO: Collect system logs on macOS Sierra and later – Softron Support Desk

I saw this post from @jollyRoger on the command to open the .logarchive formatted file.
Unified Logs | macOS High Sierra - Ask Different

Sorry I forgot to post back my gratitude for this great forum. Thanks Neo
Thanks, Ron -- still learning.

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bt-audio(1)							    bluez-tools 						       bt-audio(1)

NAME

       bt-audio - a bluetooth generic audio manager

SYNOPSIS

       bt-audio [OPTION...]

       Help Options:
	 -h, --help

       Application Options:
	 -a, --adapter=<name|mac>
	 -c, --connect=<name|mac>
	 -d, --disconnect=<name|mac>

DESCRIPTION

       This utility is used to manage outgoing audio service connections.

OPTIONS

       -h, --help
	   Show help

       -a, --adapter <name|mac>
	   Specify adapter to use by his Name or MAC address
	   (if this option does not defined - default adapter used)

       -c, --connect <name|mac>
	   Connect all supported audio profiles on the device

       -d, --disconnect <name|mac>
	   Disconnect all audio profiles on the device

AUTHOR

       Alexander Orlenko <zxteam@gmail.com>.

SEE ALSO

       bt-adapter(1) bt-agent(1) bt-device(1) bt-input(1) bt-monitor(1) bt-network(1) bt-serial(1)

								    2010-08-11							       bt-audio(1)