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- "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.2/docbookx.dtd">
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-
-<refentry id="systemd-cat">
-
- <refentryinfo>
- <title>systemd-cat</title>
- <productname>systemd</productname>
-
- <authorgroup>
- <author>
- <contrib>Developer</contrib>
- <firstname>Lennart</firstname>
- <surname>Poettering</surname>
- <email>lennart@poettering.net</email>
- </author>
- </authorgroup>
- </refentryinfo>
-
- <refmeta>
- <refentrytitle>systemd-cat</refentrytitle>
- <manvolnum>1</manvolnum>
- </refmeta>
-
- <refnamediv>
- <refname>systemd-cat</refname>
- <refpurpose>Connect a pipeline or program's output with the journal</refpurpose>
- </refnamediv>
-
- <refsynopsisdiv>
- <cmdsynopsis>
- <command>systemd-cat <arg choice="opt" rep="repeat">OPTIONS</arg> <arg>COMMAND</arg> <arg choice="opt" rep="repeat">ARGUMENTS</arg></command>
- </cmdsynopsis>
- <cmdsynopsis>
- <command>systemd-cat <arg choice="opt" rep="repeat">OPTIONS</arg></command>
- </cmdsynopsis>
- </refsynopsisdiv>
-
- <refsect1>
- <title>Description</title>
-
- <para><command>systemd-cat</command> may be used to
- connect STDOUT and STDERR of a process with the
- journal, or as a filter tool in a shell pipeline to
- pass the output the previous pipeline element
- generates to the journal.</para>
-
- <para>If no parameter is passed
- <command>systemd-cat</command> will write
- everything it reads from standard input (STDIN) to the journal.</para>
-
- <para>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.</para>
- </refsect1>
-
- <refsect1>
- <title>Options</title>
-
- <para>The following options are understood:</para>
-
- <variablelist>
- <varlistentry>
- <term><option>-h</option></term>
- <term><option>--help</option></term>
-
- <listitem><para>Prints a short help
- text and exits.</para></listitem>
- </varlistentry>
-
- <varlistentry>
- <term><option>--version</option></term>
-
- <listitem><para>Prints a short version
- string and exits.</para></listitem>
- </varlistentry>
-
- <varlistentry>
- <term><option>-t</option></term>
- <term><option>--identifier=</option></term>
-
- <listitem><para>Specify a short string
- that is used to identify the logging
- tool. If not specified no identifying
- string is written to the journal.</para></listitem>
- </varlistentry>
-
- <varlistentry>
- <term><option>-p</option></term>
- <term><option>--priority=</option></term>
-
- <listitem><para>Specify the default
- priority level for the logged
- messages. Pass one of
- <literal>emerg</literal>,
- <literal>alert</literal>,
- <literal>crit</literal>,
- <literal>err</literal>,
- <literal>warning</literal>,
- <literal>notice</literal>,
- <literal>info</literal>,
- <literal>debug</literal>, or a
- value between 0 and 7 (corresponding
- to the same named levels). These
- priority values are the same as
- defined by
- <citerefentry><refentrytitle>syslog</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>. Defaults
- to <literal>info</literal>. Note that
- this simply controls the default,
- individual lines may be logged with
- different levels if they are prefixed
- accordingly. For details see
- <option>--level-prefix=</option>
- below.</para></listitem>
- </varlistentry>
-
- <varlistentry>
- <term><option>--level-prefix=</option></term>
-
- <listitem><para>Controls whether lines
- read are parsed for syslog priority
- level prefixes. If enabled (the
- default) a line prefixed with a
- priority prefix such as
- <literal>&lt;5&gt;</literal> is logged
- at priority 5
- (<literal>notice</literal>), and
- similar for the other priority
- levels. Takes a boolean
- argument.</para></listitem>
- </varlistentry>
-
- </variablelist>
-
- </refsect1>
-
- <refsect1>
- <title>Exit status</title>
-
- <para>On success 0 is returned, a non-zero failure
- code otherwise.</para>
- </refsect1>
-
- <refsect1>
- <title>Examples</title>
-
- <example>
- <title>Invoke a program</title>
-
- <para>This calls <filename>/bin/ls</filename>
- with STDOUT/STDERR connected to the
- journal:</para>
-
- <programlisting># systemd-cat ls</programlisting>
- </example>
-
- <example>
- <title>Usage in a shell pipeline</title>
-
- <para>This builds a shell pipeline also
- invoking <filename>/bin/ls</filename> and
- writes the output it generates to the
- journal:</para>
-
- <programlisting># ls | systemd-cat</programlisting>
- </example>
-
- <para>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.</para>
- </refsect1>
-
- <refsect1>
- <title>See Also</title>
- <para>
- <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
- <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemctl</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
- <citerefentry><refentrytitle>logger</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>
- </para>
- </refsect1>
-
-</refentry>