---
name: "stdsyslog"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "stdsyslog"
version: "0.03.4-1"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/stdsyslog"
---

# stdsyslog(1)

log a program's output to the system log

## NAME

**stdsyslog** – log a program's output to the system log

## SYNOPSIS

**stdsyslog** \[**-d** *fd:level*\] \[**-f** *facility*\] \[**-p** *pidfile*\] *cmd* \[*args...*\]

**stdsyslog** **-f** *list*

**stdsyslog** **-l**

**stdsyslog** **-V** \| **-h**

## DESCRIPTION

The **stdsyslog** utility executes a program, reads everything that it outputs to a set of file descriptors (by default the standard output and standard error streams) and logs it to the system log.

The **stdsyslog** utility may be passed the following options:

- **-d**

  Specify the level for messages on a file descriptor; may (and probably should) be used more than once. If no **-d** options are specified, **stdsyslog** will assume “-d 1:info -d 2:err”, i.e. log the program's standard output using the “info” level and the errors using the “err” one.

- **-f**

  Specify the syslog facility to use, or “list” for a list of the available values. If not specified, **stdsyslog** will use the “daemon” facility.

- **-h**

  Display program usage information and exit.

- **-l**

  List the available syslog levels.

- **-p**

  Specify the file to write the child process ID to.

- **-V**

  Display program version information and exit.

## EXAMPLES

The following examples are shown as given to the shell.

Log the string “information” to the “daemon:info” syslog facility:

```
stdsyslog echo information
```

Log the string “error” to the “local4:err” facility:

```
stdsyslog -f local4 sh -c 'echo error 1>&2'
```

Run the “sprog” program with two arguments,  “some” and “args”, store its process ID into the *sprog.pid* file and log the messages appearing on its standard output to “daemon:info” and the ones on its standard error stream to “daemon:crit”:

```
stdsyslog -p sprog.pid -d 1:info -d 2:crit sprog some args
```

## SEE ALSO

[logger(1)](/logger/1.md), [syslog(3)](/syslog/3.md)

## TODO

Planned or at least possible enhancements:

- \*

  Command-line flags to specify [openlog(3)](/openlog/3.md) options.

- \*

  Command-line flags to specify patterns for text appearing on some file descriptors for possibly logging with another priority, e.g. lines appearing on the standard error stream starting with “DBG:” should be logged with the debug priority.