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What do use the -t “tag” option for in logger?

When using the "logger" command to write messages to the system logs from scripts, I use the -t "tag" to store the scripts name along side the message it's written to the log. I do this to make ...
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Logger command - how to store logs in given file?

Please explain what below command does. logger_cmd="logger -p local0.info ${program-name}[$$]:" $logger_cmd "There is some files missing in ${dest-dir}" How can I write any message in log file? I ...
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How to log output to maillog?

On my current Debian setup, I have a file /var/log/mail.log which Dovecot, Postfix, and Spamassassin's spamd all output messages to. I know that the logger command can output to syslog, but is there ...
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print message on terminal as well as /var/log/messages using logger

I used below options in script to print on terminal as well as /var/log/messages echo "System Load is OK : $Current_loadadv" echo "System Load is OK : $Current_loadadv" | logger but how can i do ...