Wrapper for logging any command's STDOUT and STDERR to syslog.

syslogged

#!/bin/bash
set -o errexit -o nounset -o pipefail
function -h {
cat <<EOF
 USAGE: syslogged <program> <args>

  Wraps a command invocation with logging, sending STDOUT and STDERR to
  syslog, setting the syslog tag to:

    <program>[<pid>]

  Where <pid> is the PID of <program> (not of the logger). The syslog
  priority for STDOUT is user.info; that of STDERR is user.notice.

EOF
}; function --help { -h ;}

function syslogged {
  local tag="${1##*/}[$$]"
  exec 1> >(exec logger -t "$tag" -p user.info)
  exec 2> >(exec logger -t "$tag" -p user.notice)
  exec "$@"
}

if [[ $# -eq 0 ]]
then
  --help >&2
  exit 1
else
  syslogged "$@"
fi