xlog
Package: WA2L/edrc 1.5.57
Section: General Commands (1)
Updated: 07 November 2020
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NAME
xlog - write stdin to log with a timestamp
SYNOPSIS
edrc/bin/xlog
[
-h
]
xlog
[
-t tag
]
-f logfile
AVAILABILITY
WA2L/edrc
DESCRIPTION
write date from
stdin
to a
logfile.
Each line is preceded with a
date, time, sequence and tag entry.
A common use might be in crontab
instead of piping outputs to
/dev/null.
Example:
a_command 2>&1 | xlog -t a_cmd -f /var/adm/log/a_command.log
OPTIONS
- -h
-
usage message.
- -t tag
-
tag to be added to the log file.
- -f logfile
-
log file name.
ENVIRONMENT
-
EXIT STATUS
- 0
-
no error.
- 1
-
cannot write to
logfile.
- 2
-
operating system not supported.
- 4
-
usage printed.
FILES
-
EXAMPLES
-
SEE ALSO
edrcintro(1),
log(3),
tscat(3),
xtee(1)
NOTES
-
BUGS
-
AUTHOR
xlog was developed by Christian Walther. Send suggestions
and bug reports to wa2l@users.sourceforge.net .
COPYRIGHT
Copyright © 2020
by Christian Walther
This is free software; see
edrc/doc/COPYING
for copying conditions. There is ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY; not
even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
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