tail -f somefile | sleep 5 | grep -i something

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Post #14,827

by boxley

10/23/01 6:09:23 PM

tail -f somefile | sleep 5 | grep -i something | cut -f 5

might work
or
tail -f somefile | xargs grep -i something | cut -f 5
thanx,
bill
who is 2 lazy to try it over here

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Should this work? - (Meerkat) - (5) - Oct. 22, 2001, 08:01:34 PM EDT

Strange. - (static) - (3) - Oct. 22, 2001, 11:06:43 PM EDT

Now there's a term I often apply to Tru64 :) - (Meerkat) - (2) - Oct. 23, 2001, 12:13:29 AM EDT

Yup, it's because of buffering. - (Meerkat) - (1) - Oct. 23, 2001, 08:21:09 PM EDT

Could you make that a real link? It's forcing right scroll. -NT - (drewk) - Oct. 23, 2001, 03:23:37 PM EDT

tail -f somefile | sleep 5 | grep -i something | cut -f 5 - (boxley) - Oct. 23, 2001, 06:09:23 PM EDT

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