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# 1  
Old 12-27-2011
stopping tail function after ctrl + c
say i have a statement like this in a script
Code:
 
 
tail -f /opt/blah/blha/user.log > final.log
if [ $? -eq 130 ] ;then
cat final.log | grep -i "servicer_user" > service.log
cat final.log | grep -i "logic_user" > logic.log
fi
echo "script completed"

but when the script is running if i press ctrl + c the sctipt stops however no other statements after tail statement are executed... how to rectify this... 130 is the exit status for cntrl + c.. but i tried this even then its not working... Smilie
# 2  
Old 12-27-2011
what is it that you are trying to achieve?...
If you want to get specific no of lines using tail, use tail -100 user.log...

--ahamed

---------- Post updated at 02:27 AM ---------- Previous update was at 02:23 AM ----------

Try this...
Code:
#!/bin/bash

trap 'echo' INT

tail -f /tmp/somelog

echo $?
echo "1"
echo "2"
echo "3"

--ahamed
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vivek d r
# 3  
Old 12-27-2011
what i want is when i run the script it will start to tail the file user.log and paste it in another file.... then when i press ctrl+c(which is the only way to stop the tail) the script will then search for keywords in that created file and paste it into another file....
# 4  
Old 12-27-2011
You can try the code in the previous post!

--ahamed
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vivek d r
# 5  
Old 12-27-2011
thanks your code worked.. :-) :-) :-) :-)
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