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.


 

Index

NAME
SYNOPSIS
AVAILABILITY
DESCRIPTION
OPTIONS
ENVIRONMENT
EXIT STATUS
FILES
EXAMPLES
SEE ALSO
NOTES
BUGS
AUTHOR
COPYRIGHT

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