OT: tail -f | while read

[Martin F Krafft <madduck@madduck.net>]

hi,
why does the following not work:

  tail -f /var/log/syslog | grep something | while read i; do myprog $i; done

i basically need to run myprog as soon as a new entry in syslog
happens that matches the criteria of the grep call. it needs to happen
immediately.

thanks,
martin;              (greetings from the heart of the sun.)
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