> If those syslog levels are data in the linux message, then you can
> filter on them like filtering on any other character string. If the
> syslog levels are not in the data, no, you cannot filter.

Couldn't you use /etc/syslogd.conf to write only the levels you want to 
/dev/console? 

> > The syslog levels I am referring to are...
> >
> > 0 Emergency: system is unusable
> > 1 Alert: action must be taken immediately
> > 2 Critical: critical conditions
> > 3 Error: error conditions
> > 4 Warning: warning conditions
> > 5 Notice: normal but significant condition
> > 6 Informational: informational messages
> > 7 Debug: debug-level messages

Note -- don't rely on this classification to hold across all Linux 
implementations. The syslog "classes" are arbitrary at best, and user 
applications don't obey this taxonomy at all. 


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