#!/usr/bin/perl # file: syslog-mail # spec: reads a line of input and mails it, designed to be a destination for syslog-ng use strict; $0='syslog-mail'; $|=1; while (my $msg = ) { my ($pri,$date,$host,$esrc,$evid,$emsg) = $msg =~ m/<(\d{3})>(\w{3} \d{1,2} \d{2}:\d{2}:\d{2}) ([\w\.\-]+) ([\w ]+)\[(\d+)\] (.+)/o; open MAILER,'|/usr/sbin/sendmail user@domain.tld'; print MAILER "Subject: syslog: $host $esrc $evid\n\n$emsg\n----\n$msg"; close MAILER; }