README.md in remote_syslog-1.6.9 vs README.md in remote_syslog-1.6.10
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exclude_patterns:
- exclude this
- \d+ things
+### Prepending a string to log messages
+
+Use `prepend` to prepend a string to every log message before
+transmitting. The string is prepended to the log message body, as if it
+occurred at the start of every log file line. Include a trailing space
+if desired.
+
+Examples:
+
+ prepend: important:
+
+or:
+
+ prepend: cafebabe-1024-4096-badd-1234abcd1234
### Choosing app name
remote_syslog uses the log file name (like "access_log") as the syslog
program name, or what the syslog RFCs call the "tag." This is ideal unless