https://metacpan.org/pod/Log::Log4perl https://www.perl.com/pub/2002/09/11/log4perl.html/ https://www.perlmonks.org/?node_id=1198853 #### use Log::Log4perl; sub init() { Log::Log4perl->easy_init( { level => $DEBUG, file => ">>test.log", category => "FILE" }, { level => $DEBUG, file => "STDOUT", category => "STDOUT" } ); } sub getLogger { my ($category) = @_; my $logger = Log::Log4perl->get_logger($category); return $logger; } init(); my $stdout_logger = getLogger(STDOUT); $stdout_logger->info("testing stdout logger"); my $file_logger = getLogger(FILE); $file_logger->info("testing file logger"); #### Log::Log4perl::Logger::APPENDER_BY_NAME{'STDOUT'}->threshold($TRACE); Log::Log4perl->appender_by_name('STDOUT')->threshold($TRACE); #### https://metacpan.org/pod/Log::Log4perl#Advanced-configuration-within-Perl