[ale] line timestamp command

[Michael Still]

What about 'man logger' ?

Would think you could use that.  If needed setup a custom log file
based on facility.


On Tue, Nov 12, 2013 at 3:02 PM, Scott Plante <splante at insightsys.com> wrote:
> I can't modify the process itself, or I'd just add the timestamp inside it.
> I can modify the script that calls the process, so if there's a way of
> routing it's output to the Linux logging that might be an option. I don't
> want these messages mixed in with /var/log/messages though. Can you point me
> towards something? Or just a command name or something to make the googling
> easier?
>
> Scott
>
> ________________________________
> From: "Jim Kinney" <jim.kinney at gmail.com>
> To: "Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts" <ale at ale.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, November 12, 2013 1:39:42 PM
> Subject: Re: [ale] line timestamp command
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>
> Can you modify the process to just write to standard logging?
>
>
> On Tue, Nov 12, 2013 at 1:34 PM, Scott Plante <splante at insightsys.com>
> wrote:
>>
>> Does anyone happen to know of a command line tool that will read lines
>> from standard input and write them to std out, pre-pending a timestamp? I
>> have a process that emits messages to std out periodically as it processes
>> and I'd like to write that to a log file, but with a time at the start of
>> the line. I could do it with a script but a nice little command would be
>> better, if it exists.
>>
>> I'm looking for something that would perform the function of this script,
>> maybe with an option for format:
>>
>> while read line;
>> do
>>   echo $(date +"%D %T") "$line";
>> done
>>
>> Scott
>>
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