user_alert.conf not working

1. Create a script file /usr/local/bin/mycustomscript.pl 

   vi /root/mycustomscript.pl

2. Add the script to the file and save: 

   !/usr/bin/perl
   system("echo Alert was triggered > /var/tmp/mycustomscriptoutput.txt");

3. Set the permissions on the file: 

   chmod 755 /root/mycustomscript.pl

4. Edit /config/user_alert.conf and add the following alert definition.  The quoted portion is a regex which must match the syslog message.

   alert my_custom_alert "this is the text we look for in the syslog message" {
      exec command="/usr/local/bin/mycustomscript.pl"
   }

5. Trigger the script: 

   logger -p local0.info "this is the text we look for in the syslog message"

6. Review the script action which was to create a file and output some text: 

    less /var/tmp/mycustomscriptoutput.txt

        Alert was triggered