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Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers Copy the last part since the file has been updated Post 302598540 by jim mcnamara on Tuesday 14th of February 2012 08:14:48 PM
Old 02-14-2012
start with tail -f. It is meant to do exactly what you want.
Code:
tail -f logfile  | [some code here]

 

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RWALL(1)                                                    BSD General Commands Manual                                                   RWALL(1)

NAME
rwall -- send a message to users logged on a host SYNOPSIS
rwall host [file] DESCRIPTION
The rwall command sends a message to the users logged into the specified host. The message to be sent can be typed in and terminated with EOF or it can be in a file. DIAGNOSTICS
rwall: RPC: Program not registered The rpc.rwalld(8) daemon has not been started on the remote host. rwall: RPC: Timed out A communication error occurred. Either the network is excessively congested, or the rpc.rwalld(8) daemon has terminated on the remote host. rwall: RPC: Port mapper failure - RPC: Timed out The remote host is not running the portmapper (see portmap(8) ), and cannot accommodate any RPC-based services. The host may be down. SEE ALSO
wall(1), portmap(8), rpc.rwalld(8) HISTORY
The rwall command appeared in SunOS. Linux NetKit (0.17) August 15, 1999 Linux NetKit (0.17)
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