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george55

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Registered: 2011-08-10

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[SOLVED] How to log an entry in journalctl from the command line

I'm interacting quite a lot with journalctl at the moment. Sometimes my log is full of info and I want to see what happens if I execute a certain command. However, it's difficult to see exactly which lines are being added. So I would like to somehow force a new line (say **** HEYY THERE I'M NOW RUNNING ANOTHER TEST ****), so that it's easy to see which lines are added after this moment.

Is there a way to add an entry to the journal from the command line?

Last edited by george55 (2012-12-30 22:40:47)

falconindy

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Re: [SOLVED] How to log an entry in journalctl from the command line

Use logger from util-linux, or systemd-cat

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george55

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Registered: 2011-08-10

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Re: [SOLVED] How to log an entry in journalctl from the command line

Beautiful. Thanks falconindy!

For future reference:

- pacman -S util-linux
- logger "Add this line"

And we're done!