{"id":5676,"date":"2024-03-14T03:10:04","date_gmt":"2024-03-14T03:10:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/how-to-record-and-track-logs-in-perl\/"},"modified":"2025-08-01T18:13:29","modified_gmt":"2025-08-01T18:13:29","slug":"how-to-record-and-track-logs-in-perl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/how-to-record-and-track-logs-in-perl\/","title":{"rendered":"Perl Logging Guide: Track &#038; Record Logs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>You can use the built-in logging module Log::Log4perl in Perl to record and track logs. Here is a simple example code:<\/p>\n<pre class=\"post-pre\"><code><span class=\"hljs-keyword\">use<\/span> Log::Log4perl;\r\n\r\n<span class=\"hljs-comment\"># \u914d\u7f6e\u65e5\u5fd7\u8f93\u51fa<\/span>\r\nLog::Log4perl-&gt;init(\\ <span class=\"hljs-string\">q{\r\n    log4perl.logger=DEBUG, Screen\r\n    log4perl.appender.Screen=Log::Log4perl::Appender::Screen\r\n    log4perl.appender.Screen.layout=Log::Log4perl::Layout::SimpleLayout\r\n}<\/span>);\r\n\r\n<span class=\"hljs-comment\"># \u83b7\u53d6\u65e5\u5fd7\u5bf9\u8c61<\/span>\r\n<span class=\"hljs-keyword\">my<\/span> $logger = Log::Log4perl-&gt;get_logger();\r\n\r\n<span class=\"hljs-comment\"># \u8bb0\u5f55\u65e5\u5fd7<\/span>\r\n$logger-&gt;debug(<span class=\"hljs-string\">\"This is a debug message\"<\/span>);\r\n$logger-&gt;info(<span class=\"hljs-string\">\"This is an info message\"<\/span>);\r\n$logger-&gt;<span class=\"hljs-keyword\">warn<\/span>(<span class=\"hljs-string\">\"This is a warning message\"<\/span>);\r\n$logger-&gt;error(<span class=\"hljs-string\">\"This is an error message\"<\/span>);\r\n$logger-&gt;fatal(<span class=\"hljs-string\">\"This is a fatal message\"<\/span>);\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>After running the code, the logs will be displayed on the screen and the log output level and format can be adjusted according to configuration. 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