diff --git a/cmd/loggingctl/cat.go b/cmd/loggingctl/cat.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..16d318a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/loggingctl/cat.go
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+/*
+Copyright © 2024 John van Zantvoort <john@vanzantvoort.org>
+*/
+package main
+
+import (
+	"github.com/jvzantvoort/gextend-bash/messages"
+	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
+)
+
+// CatCmd represents the cat command
+var CatCmd = &cobra.Command{
+	Use:   "cat",
+	Short: "Log a cat command",
+	Long:  messages.GetLong("logging"),
+	Run:   handleLogCmd,
+}
+
+func init() {
+	rootCmd.AddCommand(CatCmd)
+	CatCmd.Flags().StringP("tag", "t", "", "mark every line with this tag")
+	CatCmd.Flags().StringP("file", "f", "", "log the contents of this file")
+	CatCmd.Flags().StringP("priority", "p", "", "mark given message with this priority")
+	CatCmd.Flags().BoolP("skip-empty", "e", false, "do not log empty lines when processing files")
+	CatCmd.Flags().BoolP("stderr", "s", false, "output message to standard error as well")
+}
diff --git a/cmd/loggingctl/common.go b/cmd/loggingctl/common.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..560fa57
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/loggingctl/common.go
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+
+	"github.com/jvzantvoort/gextend-bash/logging"
+	log "github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
+	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
+)
+
+func GetString(cmd cobra.Command, name string) string {
+	retv, _ := cmd.Flags().GetString(name)
+	if len(retv) != 0 {
+		log.Infof("Found %s as %s", name, retv)
+	}
+	return retv
+}
+
+func handleLogCmd(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
+	if verbose {
+		log.SetLevel(log.DebugLevel)
+	}
+	log.Debugf("%s: start", cmd.Use)
+	defer log.Debugf("%s: end", cmd.Use)
+	filepath := "/home/jvzantvoort/Logs/2024/July/common.log"
+
+	logmsgs := logging.NewLogMessages(filepath)
+	for _, msg := range logmsgs.Messages {
+		tag := ""
+		if len(msg.Tag) != 0 {
+			tag = fmt.Sprintf("<%s> ", msg.Tag)
+		}
+		fmt.Printf("%s %-8s %s%s\n",
+			msg.Time.Format("2006-01-02 15:04:05"),
+			msg.Priority,
+			tag,
+			msg.Message,
+		)
+	}
+	/*
+		for _, msg := range logmsgs.messages {
+
+			fmt.Printf("%#v\n", msg)
+
+		}
+	*/
+}
diff --git a/cmd/loggingctl/main.go b/cmd/loggingctl/main.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0038e3c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/loggingctl/main.go
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+/*
+goproj creates, maintains, archives and removes projects
+*/
+package main
+
+func main() {
+	Execute()
+}
diff --git a/cmd/loggingctl/root.go b/cmd/loggingctl/root.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0edd78e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/loggingctl/root.go
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+/*
+Copyright © 2024 John van Zantvoort <john@vanzantvoort.org>
+*/
+package main
+
+import (
+	"os"
+
+	"github.com/jvzantvoort/gextend-bash/messages"
+	log "github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
+	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
+)
+
+var verbose bool
+
+// rootCmd represents the base command when called without any subcommands
+var rootCmd = &cobra.Command{
+	Use:   "loggingctl",
+	Short: "Interface for loggingctl",
+	Long:  messages.GetLong("root"),
+}
+
+// Execute adds all child commands to the root command and sets flags appropriately.
+// This is called by main.main(). It only needs to happen once to the rootCmd.
+func Execute() {
+	err := rootCmd.Execute()
+	if err != nil {
+		os.Exit(1)
+	}
+}
+
+func init() {
+	// Setup loggingctl
+	log.SetFormatter(&log.TextFormatter{
+		FullTimestamp:          true,
+		DisableLevelTruncation: true,
+		TimestampFormat:        "2006-01-02 15:04:05",
+	})
+
+	// Output to stdout instead of the default stderr
+	// Can be any io.Writer, see below for File example
+	log.SetOutput(os.Stdout)
+
+	// Only log the warning severity or above.
+	log.SetLevel(log.InfoLevel)
+
+	rootCmd.PersistentFlags().BoolVarP(&verbose, "verbose", "v", false, "Verbose logging")
+}
diff --git a/logging/main.go b/logging/main.go
index 9ca4a9c..d8578fa 100644
--- a/logging/main.go
+++ b/logging/main.go
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ type LogMessage struct {
 }
 
 type LogMessages struct {
-	messages []LogMessage
+	Messages []LogMessage
 }
 
 func GetString(cmd cobra.Command, name string) string {
@@ -179,12 +179,12 @@ func NewLogMessages(inputfile string) *LogMessages {
 		if err := json.Unmarshal([]byte(scanner.Bytes()), &obj); err != nil {
 			log.Errorf("Error: %s", err)
 		}
-		retv.messages = append(retv.messages, *obj)
+		retv.Messages = append(retv.Messages, *obj)
 	}
 
 	// Sort in ascending order
-	sort.Slice(retv.messages, func(i, j int) bool {
-		return retv.messages[i].Time.Before(retv.messages[j].Time)
+	sort.Slice(retv.Messages, func(i, j int) bool {
+		return retv.Messages[i].Time.Before(retv.Messages[j].Time)
 	})
 
 	if err := scanner.Err(); err != nil {