[LOG4J2-1814] Wrapper Generate$ExtendedLogger name inconvenient on Linux

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 2.9.0
• External issue URL: https://gist.github.com/sdwsk/47b86d243023b1583d340889a89639f6
• Epic Link: Log4j2 ergonomics
• Assignee: Remko Popma
• Reporter: Remko Popma
• Created: 14/Feb/17 06:47
• Updated: 24/Jun/17 15:29
• Resolved: 24/Jun/17 15:29

Description

The $ExtendedLogger is interpreted as an environment variable.

$ java -cp log4j-core-2.8.jar org.apache.logging.log4j.core.tools.Generate$ExtendedLogger \
         com.mycomp.ExtLogger DIAG=350 NOTICE=450 VERBOSE=550 > com/mycomp/ExtLogger.java

Error: Main method not found in class org.apache.logging.log4j.core.tools.Generate, please define the main method 

The workaround is to quote the class name:

$ java -cp log4j-core-2.8.jar "org.apache.logging.log4j.core.tools.Generate$ExtendedLogger" \
         com.mycomp.ExtLogger DIAG=350 NOTICE=450 VERBOSE=550 > com/mycomp/ExtLogger.java