[OFF-TOPIC] Re: Simple Unix utility?

[Lorens Kockum <kockum@efrei.fr>]

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On Sun, Dec 07, 1997 at 12:31:23PM +0100, Torsten Hilbrich wrote:
> 
> cut doesn't buffers everything, grep is to blame.  If grep output to a
> non-terminal (e.g. a pipe) it use buffers of 4k (don't remember the
> correct value).  Unfortunatly, I don't know any way to get around
> this.

If that's the problem, then do 

	tail -f file | cut -b whatever | grep whatever

and presto, you're outputting to a terminal.
Won't work, of course, if cut has the same problem.

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