---
name: "syslogd-simple.pl"
section: "1p"
platform: "linux"
package: "libnet-syslogd-perl"
version: "0.16-2"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/syslogd-simple.pl"
---

# syslogd-simple.pl(1p)

Simple Syslog Server

## NAME

SYSLOGD-SIMPLE - Simple Syslog Server

## SYNOPSIS

```
 syslod-simple [options]
```

## DESCRIPTION

Listens for Syslog messages and logs to console and  optional file.  Tries to decode according to RFC 3164  message format.  Syslog columns are:

```
  Source IP Address
  Source UDP port
  Facility
  Severity
  Timestamp (or 0 if not matched)
  Hostname  (or 0 if not matched)
  Message
```

## OPTIONS

```
 -4               Force IPv4.
 -6               Force IPv6 (overrides -4).
 -d <dir>         Output file directory.
 --directory      DEFAULT:  (or not specified) [Current].
 -i #             UDP Port to listen on.
 --interface      DEFAULT:  (or not specified) 514.
 -l               Output list format.
 --list           DEFAULT:  (or not specified) Line.
 -t               Print time in human-readable yyyymmddhhmmss format.
 --time           DEFAULT:  (or not specified) Unix epoch.
 -w               Log to "syslogd.log".
 -w -w            Log by facility in "<facility>.log".
 -w -w -w         Log by hostname in "<host>.log".
```

## LICENSE

This software is released under the same terms as Perl itself. If you don't know what that means visit \<http://perl.com/\>.

## AUTHOR

Copyright (C) Michael Vincent 2010

\<http://www.VinsWorld.com\>

All rights reserved