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<?xml version='1.0'?> <!--*-nxml-*-->
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<!DOCTYPE refentry PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.2//EN"
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"http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.2/docbookx.dtd">
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<!--
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This file is part of systemd.
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Copyright 2012 Lennart Poettering
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systemd is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
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under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
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the Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of the License, or
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(at your option) any later version.
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systemd is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
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WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
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MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
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Lesser General Public License for more details.
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You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
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along with systemd; If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
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-->
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<refentry id="systemd-cat">
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<refentryinfo>
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<title>systemd-cat</title>
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<productname>systemd</productname>
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<authorgroup>
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<author>
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<contrib>Developer</contrib>
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<firstname>Lennart</firstname>
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<surname>Poettering</surname>
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<email>lennart@poettering.net</email>
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</author>
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</authorgroup>
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</refentryinfo>
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<refmeta>
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<refentrytitle>systemd-cat</refentrytitle>
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<manvolnum>1</manvolnum>
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</refmeta>
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<refnamediv>
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<refname>systemd-cat</refname>
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<refpurpose>Connect a pipeline or program's output with the journal</refpurpose>
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</refnamediv>
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<refsynopsisdiv>
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<cmdsynopsis>
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<command>systemd-cat <arg choice="opt" rep="repeat">OPTIONS</arg> <arg>COMMAND</arg> <arg choice="opt" rep="repeat">ARGUMENTS</arg></command>
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</cmdsynopsis>
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<cmdsynopsis>
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<command>systemd-cat <arg choice="opt" rep="repeat">OPTIONS</arg></command>
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</cmdsynopsis>
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</refsynopsisdiv>
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<refsect1>
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<title>Description</title>
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<para><command>systemd-cat</command> may be used to
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connect STDOUT and STDERR of a process with the
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journal, or as a filter tool in a shell pipeline to
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pass the output the previous pipeline element
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generates to the journal.</para>
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<para>If no parameter is passed
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<command>systemd-cat</command> will write
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everything it reads from standard input (STDIN) to the journal.</para>
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<para>If parameters are passed they are executed as
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command line with standard output (STDOUT) and standard
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error output (STDERR) connected to the journal, so
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that all it writes is stored in the journal.</para>
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</refsect1>
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<refsect1>
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<title>Options</title>
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<para>The following options are understood:</para>
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<variablelist>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><option>--h</option></term>
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<term><option>--help</option></term>
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<listitem><para>Prints a short help
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text and exits.</para></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><option>--version</option></term>
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<listitem><para>Prints a short version
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string and exits.</para></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><option>-t</option></term>
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<term><option>--identifier=</option></term>
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<listitem><para>Specify a short string
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that is used to identify the logging
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tool. If not specified no identifying
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string is written to the journal.</para></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><option>-p</option></term>
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<term><option>--priority=</option></term>
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<listitem><para>Specify the default
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priority level for the logged
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messages. Pass one of
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<literal>emerg</literal>,
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<literal>alert</literal>,
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<literal>crit</literal>,
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<literal>err</literal>,
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<literal>warning</literal>,
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<literal>notice</literal>,
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<literal>info</literal>,
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<literal>debug</literal>, resp. a
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value between 0 and 7 (corresponding
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to the same named levels). These
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priority values are the same as
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defined by
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<citerefentry><refentrytitle>syslog</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>. Defaults
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to <literal>info</literal>. Note that
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this simply controls the default,
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individual lines may be logged with
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different levels if they are prefixed
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accordingly. For details see
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<option>--level-prefix=</option>
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below.</para></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><option>--level-prefix=</option></term>
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<listitem><para>Controls whether lines
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read are parsed for syslog priority
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level prefixes. If enabled (the
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default) a line prefixed with a
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priority prefix such as
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<literal><5></literal> is logged
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at priority 5
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(<literal>notice</literal>), and
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similar for the other priority
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levels. Takes a boolean
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argument.</para></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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</variablelist>
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</refsect1>
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<refsect1>
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<title>Exit status</title>
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<para>On success 0 is returned, a non-zero failure
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code otherwise.</para>
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</refsect1>
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<refsect1>
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<title>Examples</title>
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<example>
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<title>Invoke a program</title>
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<para>This calls <filename>/bin/ls</filename>
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with STDOUT/STDERR connected to the
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journal:</para>
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<programlisting># systemd-cat ls</programlisting>
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</example>
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<example>
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<title>Usage in a shell pipeline</title>
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<para>This builds a shell pipeline also
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invoking <filename>/bin/ls</filename> and
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writes the output it generates to the
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journal:</para>
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<programlisting># ls | systemd-cat</programlisting>
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</example>
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<para>Even though the two examples have very similar
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effects the first is preferable since only one process
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is running at a time, and both STDOUT and STDERR are
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captured while in the second example only STDOUT is
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captured.</para>
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</refsect1>
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<refsect1>
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<title>See Also</title>
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<para>
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<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
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<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemctl</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
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<citerefentry><refentrytitle>logger</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>
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</para>
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</refsect1>
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</refentry>
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