Index: shell/log/src/main/resources/OSGI-INF/blueprint/shell-log.xml
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--- shell/log/src/main/resources/OSGI-INF/blueprint/shell-log.xml	(revision 1441320)
+++ shell/log/src/main/resources/OSGI-INF/blueprint/shell-log.xml	(working copy)
@@ -69,6 +69,13 @@
             	<null/>
             </completers>
         </command>
+        <command name="log/log">
+            <action class="org.apache.karaf.shell.log.LogEntry" />
+            <completers>
+            	<ref component-id="logEntryCompleter"/>
+            	<null/>
+            </completers>
+        </command>
         <command name="log/tail">
             <action class="org.apache.karaf.shell.log.LogTail">
                 <property name="events" ref="events"/>
@@ -92,6 +99,8 @@
     </bean>
     
     <bean id="logLevelCompleter" class="org.apache.karaf.shell.log.completers.LogLevelCompleter"/>
+    
+    <bean id="logEntryCompleter" class="org.apache.karaf.shell.log.completers.LogEntryCompleter"/>
 
     <service ref="vmLogAppender" interface="org.ops4j.pax.logging.spi.PaxAppender">
         <service-properties>
Index: shell/log/src/main/java/org/apache/karaf/shell/log/completers/LogEntryCompleter.java
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--- shell/log/src/main/java/org/apache/karaf/shell/log/completers/LogEntryCompleter.java	(revision 0)
+++ shell/log/src/main/java/org/apache/karaf/shell/log/completers/LogEntryCompleter.java	(working copy)
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+package org.apache.karaf.shell.log.completers;
+
+import java.util.List;
+
+import org.apache.karaf.shell.console.completer.StringsCompleter;
+
+public class LogEntryCompleter extends StringsCompleter {
+
+	public LogEntryCompleter() {
+
+		super(getMessages());
+
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
+	public int complete(String buffer, int cursor, List candidates) {
+		if (buffer == null) {
+			return super.complete(null, cursor, candidates);
+		} else {
+			// support completing lower case as well with the toUpperCase() call
+			return super.complete(buffer.toUpperCase(), cursor, candidates);
+		}
+	}
+
+	private static String[] getMessages() {
+
+		return new String[] {"\"Message to log\"" };
+	}
+
+}
Index: shell/log/src/main/java/org/apache/karaf/shell/log/LogEntry.java
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--- shell/log/src/main/java/org/apache/karaf/shell/log/LogEntry.java	(revision 0)
+++ shell/log/src/main/java/org/apache/karaf/shell/log/LogEntry.java	(working copy)
@@ -0,0 +1,103 @@
+package org.apache.karaf.shell.log;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.Dictionary;
+
+import org.apache.felix.gogo.commands.Argument;
+import org.apache.felix.gogo.commands.Command;
+import org.apache.karaf.shell.console.OsgiCommandSupport;
+import org.osgi.framework.ServiceReference;
+import org.osgi.service.cm.Configuration;
+import org.osgi.service.cm.ConfigurationAdmin;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+
+@Command(scope = "log", name = "log", description = "Log entry.")
+public class LogEntry extends OsgiCommandSupport {
+
+	private static final Logger log = LoggerFactory.getLogger(LogEntry.class);
+
+	@Argument(index = 0, name = "message", description = "Message to log", required = true, multiValued = false)
+	String message;
+
+
+	private Level logLevel;
+
+	private static final String ROOT_LOGGER_PREFIX = "log4j.rootLogger";
+
+	private static final String CONFIGURATION_PID = "org.ops4j.pax.logging";
+
+	private static final String DEFAULT_LOG_LEVEL = "INFO";
+
+	private static final String SEPARATOR_PROP = ",";
+
+	@Override
+	protected Object doExecute() throws Exception {
+		
+
+		Configuration cfg = getConfiguration();
+		Dictionary<String, Object> props = cfg.getProperties();
+
+		String levelProp = (String) props.get(ROOT_LOGGER_PREFIX);
+
+		try {
+			logLevel = Level.valueOf(getLevel(levelProp));
+		} catch (IllegalArgumentException e) {
+			System.err
+					.println("level must be set to DEBUG, DEFAULT, INFO, TRACE, WARN or ERROR ");
+			return null;
+		}
+
+		logMessage(message, logLevel);
+		return null;
+	}
+
+	private String getLevel(String prop) {
+
+		if (prop == null || prop.isEmpty()) {
+			return DEFAULT_LOG_LEVEL;
+		}
+		String levelProp = prop.trim();
+		int idx = levelProp.indexOf(SEPARATOR_PROP);
+		return idx < 0 ? DEFAULT_LOG_LEVEL : levelProp.substring(0,idx).toUpperCase();
+
+	}
+
+	private void logMessage(String message, Level logLevel) {
+
+		switch (logLevel) {
+		case TRACE:
+			log.trace(message);
+			break;
+		case DEBUG:
+			log.debug(message);
+			break;
+		case INFO:
+			log.info(message);
+			break;
+		case WARN:
+			log.warn(message);
+			break;
+		case ERROR:
+			log.error(message);
+			break;
+		default:
+			log.info(message);
+			break;
+
+		}
+
+	}
+
+	protected Configuration getConfiguration() throws IOException {
+		ServiceReference ref = getBundleContext().getServiceReference(
+				ConfigurationAdmin.class.getName());
+		ConfigurationAdmin configurationAdmin = getService(
+				ConfigurationAdmin.class, ref);
+		Configuration cfg = configurationAdmin.getConfiguration(
+				CONFIGURATION_PID, null);
+
+		return cfg;
+	}
+
+}