msg

Returns the MSG part of the processed syslog message.

This property belongs to the Message Properties group.

Name:

msg

Category:

Message Properties

Type:

string

Description

The MSG part of the message (aka “the message”).

Usage

template(name="example" type="list") {
    property(name="msg")
}

See also

See rsyslog Properties for the category overview.

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