[ale] scripting, bash, help

[buggz at america.net (Ed June)]

George Nies wrote:

> Ed June wrote:
> >
> > How do I make the following loop continously?
> > tail -n 1 /var/log/secure | grep -v ident && echo -e "\a"
> > Gno, tail -f -n 1 doesn't do it, it doesn't beep then...
>
> while :
> do
>     tail -n 1 /var/log/secure | grep -v ident && echo -e "\a"
>     sleep 60 #(seconds) or whatever sleep time you want.
> done
>
> The sleep isn't necessary, but it is recommended if you don't
> want a machine at 1+ load average.

 Works great, thanks !

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 Ed June

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