Redirect STDOUT and STDERR into syslog, using "logger", and bash process substitution

syslog-injection.sh

# Redirect STDOUT/STDERR into syslog
exec > >(logger -p user.info) 2> >(logger -p user.warn)

Nice example. It helped me figure out what I wanted to do about logging from scripts used with launchd on OS X: http://elevated-dev.com/TechTips/Launchd%20&%20Logging/

Is that for bash only or does it work in sh as well?

@shribe Thank you! Exactly what I needed.

If you add another "exec " in front of the logger call, you avoid one additional Bash process staying alive all the time (you can see it with pstree). Like this:

exec > >(exec logger -p user.info) 2> >(logger -p user.warn)

@mpdude: the entire concept only works with bash (not with sh), since it uses "Process Substitution" which is a Bash-only feature.