Re: OT: tail -f | while read
Are you using a 2.4 kernel ?
If yes, you should try the same thing with a 2.2 kernel.
If my guess is right, your line will works nicely.
Let me know
Christophe
Le jeu, 06 sep 2001 13:23:09, Martin F Krafft a écrit :
> 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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