Filter Logoutput by level log4j 1.x

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You can use a filter to log only messages “lower” than e.g. ERROR level. But the filter is not supported by PropertyConfigurator. So you must change to XML config to use it. See log4j-Wiki about filters.

Example “specific level”

<appender name="info-out" class="org.apache.log4j.FileAppender"> 
            <param name="File" value="info.log"/> 
            <layout class="org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout"> 
                    <param name="ConversionPattern" value="%m%n"/> 
            </layout> 
            <filter class="org.apache.log4j.varia.LevelMatchFilter">
                    <param name="LevelToMatch" value="info" />
                    <param name="AcceptOnMatch" value="true"/>
            </filter>
            <filter class="org.apache.log4j.varia.DenyAllFilter" />
</appender>

Or “Level range”

<appender name="info-out" class="org.apache.log4j.FileAppender"> 
            <param name="File" value="info.log"/> 
            <layout class="org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout"> 
                    <param name="ConversionPattern" value="%m%n"/> 
            </layout> 
            <filter class="org.apache.log4j.varia.LevelRangeFilter">
                    <param name="LevelMax" value="info"/>
                    <param name="LevelMin" value="info"/>
                    <param name="AcceptOnMatch" value="true"/>
            </filter>
</appender>

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