Copyright 2012 Lennart Poettering
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pass the output the previous pipeline element
generates to the journal.</para>
- <para>If no parameter is passed
+ <para>If no parameter is passed,
<command>systemd-cat</command> will write
everything it reads from standard input (STDIN) to the journal.</para>
- <para>If parameters are passed they are executed as
+ <para>If parameters are passed, they are executed as
command line with standard output (STDOUT) and standard
error output (STDERR) connected to the journal, so
that all it writes is stored in the journal.</para>
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
- <term><option>--h</option></term>
+ <term><option>-h</option></term>
<term><option>--help</option></term>
<listitem><para>Prints a short help
<listitem><para>Specify a short string
that is used to identify the logging
- tool. If not specified no identifying
+ tool. If not specified, no identification
string is written to the journal.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<literal>warning</literal>,
<literal>notice</literal>,
<literal>info</literal>,
- <literal>debug</literal>, resp. a
+ <literal>debug</literal>, or a
value between 0 and 7 (corresponding
to the same named levels). These
priority values are the same as
<listitem><para>Controls whether lines
read are parsed for syslog priority
level prefixes. If enabled (the
- default) a line prefixed with a
+ default), a line prefixed with a
priority prefix such as
<literal><5></literal> is logged
at priority 5
<example>
<title>Invoke a program</title>
- <para>This calls <filename>/bin/ls</filename>
+ <para>This calls <filename noindex='true'>/bin/ls</filename>
with STDOUT/STDERR connected to the
journal:</para>