Re: Syslog output from bash

[Piotr Grzybowski]

On 23 Aug 2016, at 08:08, Bob Proulx wrote:

> Richard Lohman wrote:
>> Problem is, I'd like the output to resemble other syslog messages:
>>  Mmm dd HH:MM:SS hostname bash[pid]: command
>> And ultimately drop the username in as well. Since only bash is logging in
> 
> I suggest using the 'logger' command instead of modifying bash [..]

 Thats one way to do it.
 For me, the most natural solution was a log builtin:

https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-bash/2015-12/msg00088.html

 I kind of wanted to add log --syslog there anyway. Now I am not sure how 
useful it can be.
 Sorry for artificial rising of my own citation ranking ;-)

cheers,
pg