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Is it possible to write an arbitrary line of text to the log of a Cisco IOS 12.x device?

I should like to be able to put in markers when fetching configs via TFTP and I would like to be able to have log lines á la

 May 30 14:14:00.000: %CONFIG-REMARK: Halfway through the script! Now on to SomethingThatMightFail!
 May 30 14:14:05.000: %CONFIG-REMARK: SomethingThatMightFail didn't fail! Woo! Continuing!
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You can use the send log command:

switch#send log Halfway through the script!

gives my on a Catalyst 3750 with IOS 12.2

May 31 16:36:18: %SYS-2-LOGMSG: Message from 1(name): Halfway through the script!

and with IOS 15.0:

May 31 16:38:08: %SYS-7-USERLOG_DEBUG: Message from tty1(user id: name): Halfway through the script!
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  • Interesting feature.
    – Adam Loveless
    May 31, 2013 at 14:34
  • Tasty and spot on. Vielen Dank, Stefan.
    – Jan
    May 31, 2013 at 15:44
  • Note: 7600 with 12.2(33) gives same line as your IOS 15 example :-)
    – Jan
    May 31, 2013 at 15:48
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The syntax for sending a test syslog from a Cisco device depends on software version; here are the command syntaxes I've seen, including, where available, the option for setting syslog severity:

Most Cisco platforms, if running IOS 12.2(58) and higher:

send log [severity] [text to send]
Eg:
send log
send log   This message will go to my syslog server.
send log 5 This message will go to my syslog server.

Most Cisco platforms, if running IOS 12.2(52) and lower:

send log [text to send]
Eg:
send log
send log   This message will go to my syslog server.

ASR1000 running IOS-XE 03.01.00, which is sourced from IOS 15.0(1): 

send log [severity [text to send]]
Eg:
send log
send log 5 This message will go to my syslog server.

ASR1000 running other IOS-XE versions (including 02.04.03 from IOS 12.2(33), 03.04.04 from IOS 15.1(3), 03.14.00 from IOS 15.5(1)): 

send log [severity] [text to send]
Eg:
send log
send log   This message will go to my syslog server.
send log 5 This message will go to my syslog server.

ASR9000 running IOS-XR 4.2.1 and higher: 

log <text to send>
Eg:
log This message will go to my syslog server.

WS-C6513 running IOS 12.2(18): No equivalent command; you need to use another method to generate a syslog message. For example, the following should generate 5 syslogs (interface up, line protocol up, interface down, line protocol down, and configuration changed), depending on your logging settings. Leave out the 2 interface commands to generate just the one generic configuration-changed syslog.

config t
interface loopback601
no interface loopback601
end
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Assuming you're using TCL EEM you can use action_syslog.

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  • Nope, no TCL anywhere in our network. Shell scripts using clogin.
    – Jan
    May 31, 2013 at 13:46

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