node-bunyan-lite/docs/bunyan.1

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.TH "BUNYAN" "1" "October 2012" "" "bunyan manual"
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.SH "NAME"
\fBbunyan\fR \- filter and pretty\-print Bunyan log file content
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.SH "SYNOPSIS"
\fBbunyan\fR [OPTIONS] [LOOKUPS\.\.\.]
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.SH "DESCRIPTION"
"Bunyan" is \fBa simple and fast a JSON logging library\fR for node\.js services, a one\-JSON\-object\-per\-line log format, and \fBa \fBbunyan\fR CLI tool\fR for nicely viewing those logs\. This man page describes the latter\.
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.SS "Pretty\-printing"
A bunyan log file is a stream of JSON objects, optionally interspersed with non\-JSON log lines\. The primary usage of bunyan(1) is to pretty print, for example:
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.IP "" 4
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.nf

$ bunyan foo\.log          # or `cat foo\.log | bunyan
[2012\-02\-08T22:56:52\.856Z]  INFO: myservice/123 on example\.com: My message
    extra: multi
    line
[2012\-02\-08T22:56:54\.856Z] ERROR: myservice/123 on example\.com: My message
\.\.\.
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.fi
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.IP "" 0
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.P
By default the "long" output format is used\. Use the \fB\-o FORMAT\fR option to emit other formats\. E\.g\.:
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.IP "" 4
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.nf

$ bunyan foo\.log \-o short
22:56:52\.856Z  INFO myservice: My message
    extra: multi
    line
22:56:54\.856Z ERROR myservice: My message
\.\.\.
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.fi
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.IP "" 0
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.P
These will color the output if supported in your terminal\. See "OUTPUT FORMATS" below\.
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.SS "Filtering"
The \fBbunyan\fR CLI can also be used to filter a bunyan log\. Use \fB\-l LEVEL\fR to filter by level:
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.IP "" 4
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.nf

$ bunyan foo\.log \-l error       # show only \'error\' level records
[2012\-02\-08T22:56:54\.856Z] ERROR: myservice/123 on example\.com: My message
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.fi
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.IP "" 0
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.P
Use \fB\-c COND\fR to filter on a JavaScript expression returning true on the record data\. In the COND code, \fBthis\fR refers to the record object:
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.IP "" 4
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.nf

$ bunyan foo\.log \-c `this\.three`     # show records with the \'extra\' field
[2012\-02\-08T22:56:52\.856Z]  INFO: myservice/123 on example\.com: My message
    extra: multi
    line
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.fi
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.IP "" 0
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.SH "OPTIONS"
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.TP
\fB\-h\fR, \fB\-\-help\fR
Print this help info and exit\.
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.TP
\fB\-\-version\fR
Print version of this command and exit\.
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.TP
\fB\-q\fR, \fB\-\-quiet\fR
Don\'t warn if input isn\'t valid JSON\.
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.P
Filtering options:
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.TP
\fB\-l\fR, \fB\-\-level LEVEL\fR
Only show messages at or above the specified level\. You can specify level \fInames\fR or numeric values\. (See \'Log Levels\' below\.)
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.TP
\fB\-c COND\fR, \fB\-\-condition COND\fR
Run each log message through the condition and only show those that resolve to a truish value\. E\.g\. \fB\-c \'this\.pid == 123\'\fR\.
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.TP
\fB\-\-strict\fR
Suppress all but legal Bunyan JSON log lines\. By default non\-JSON, and non\-Bunyan lines are passed through\.
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.P
Output options:
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.TP
\fB\-\-color\fR
Colorize output\. Defaults to try if output stream is a TTY\.
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.TP
\fB\-\-no\-color\fR
Force no coloring (e\.g\. terminal doesn\'t support it)
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.TP
\fB\-o FORMAT\fR, \fB\-\-output FORMAT\fR
Specify an output format\. One of \fBpaul\fR (the default), \fBshort\fR, \fBjson\fR, \fBjson\-N\fR, or \fBinspect\fR\.
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.TP
\fB\-j\fR
Shortcut for \fB\-o json\fR\.
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.SH "LOG LEVELS"
In Bunyan log records, then \fBlevel\fR field is a number\. For the \fB\-l|\-\-level\fR argument the level \fBnames\fR are supported as shortcuts\. In \fB\-c|\-\-condition\fR scripts, uppercase symbols like "DEBUG" are defined for convenience\.
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Level Name      Level Number    Symbol in COND Scripts
trace           10              TRACE
debug           20              DEBUG
info            30              INFO
warn            40              WARN
error           50              ERROR
fatal           60              FATAL
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.fi
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.SH "OUTPUT FORMATS"
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.nf

FORMAT NAME         DESCRIPTION
paul (default)      The default output\. Long form\. Colored and "pretty"\.
                    \'req\' and \'res\' and \'err\' fields are rendered specially
                    as an HTTP request, HTTP response and exception
                    stack trace, respectively\. Note: the "paul" name
                    is deprecated and will be changed to "long"\.
short               Like the default output, but more concise\. Some
                    typically redundant fields are ellided\.
json                JSON output, 2\-space indentation\.
json\-N              JSON output, N\-space indentation, e\.g\. "json\-0"
inspect             Node\.js `util\.inspect` output\.
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.fi
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.SH "PROJECT & BUGS"
\fBbunyan\fR is written in JavaScript and requires node\.js (\fBnode\fR)\. The project lives at \fIhttps://github\.com/trentm/node\-bunyan\fR and is published to npm as "bunyan"\.
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.IP "\(bu" 4
README, Install notes: \fIhttps://github\.com/trentm/node\-bunyan#readme\fR
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.IP "\(bu" 4
Report bugs to \fIhttps://github\.com/trentm/node\-bunyan/issues\fR\.
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.IP "\(bu" 4
See the full changelog at: \fIhttps://github\.com/trentm/node\-bunyan/blob/master/CHANGES\.md\fR
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.IP "" 0
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.SH "LICENSE"
MIT License (see \fIhttps://github\.com/trentm/node\-bunyan/blob/master/LICENSE\.txt\fR)
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.SH "COPYRIGHT"
node\-bunyan is Copyright (c) 2012 Joyent, Inc\. Copyright (c) 2012 Trent Mick\. All rights reserved\.