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It seems that many agree it is buffering, either in the pipes or grep. It seems it only happens in particular combinations as well, e.g. if the ./output.sh is ommited grep doesn't buffer. I suspect...

I see what you mean, and you aren't wrong. Thanks :)

To be honest at this point I am just curious as to why it is behaving as such, rather than how to workaround it. It's a learning exercise :)

Because:

the actual 'input' script outputs something like



which is primarily for logging purposes. The 'output' script was going to attempt to take the processes as they were output, and...

Annihilannic,

I appreciate the response, and it's good to know I'm not alone with the problem, but I'm writing this for what could be many boxes, including production servers where perl wont be...

Hi all.

I have a problem at work which I have managed to break down into a simple test scenario:

I have written a monitoring script that outputs every second the status of various processes,...

Thanks for the reply. Although I'm sure you wont believe me, I read the rules before I posted.

After posting the question I realised that it wasn't clear. In the example I used above, I was...

Ok I have thought of a way to clarify my question.

my last argument from many will be a filename

say I have a script


touch /tmp/$#


will create a file /tmp/3

Whilst I'm not...

Hey. I'm just getting started with scripting and although i will admit i haven't searched the forum yet, i think it would be a waste of time. It really will be very simple.

I want to enter a list...