Re: Monitor log file thru shell script

Shivaswamy / ಶಿವಸ್ವಾಮಿ wrote:
[...]
I am attempting to look for a pattern in the continuously growing log file and mail me if match is found. (on Linux). But I am having problem. 
[...]


You could use something like this:

err1=down
tail -f logfile |
 while IFS= read -r; do
   case $REPLY in
     "$err1" ) mail -s "Found warning" your_email@address ;;
   esac
done 

Regards

Dimitre

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