[webmin-l] Custom Commands and tail -f

[Bill R. <wri...@ll...>]

With Webmin I have setup some simple scripts with Custom Commands. For
example: tail -f /var/log/messages to give a live view of whats going on
with syslog and all works great. I see live data as it happens line by
line.
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I do have a problem with the following Custom Command: "tail -f
/var/log/messages |grep $lookfor"=20
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>From the terminal prompt "tail -f /var/log/messages |grep "Nov  5" works
as expected line by line live data. From within Webmin Custom Command
interface I dont see anything until about 26 or 27 lines buffer up. It
comes in chunks of 26 or 27 lines. The problem comes when only one line
is matched you will never see the data. I dont see line by line like I
do from a terminal prompt.
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Anyone have a simple fix?
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Bill
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