Re: [SLUG] tailing, following and filtering

[Michael Chesterton <chesty@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Matthew Hannigan <mlh@xxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> Weird.
>
> With --line-buffered on the first grep I get it continuous.
> If only the second grep is --line-buffered, then it goes spurty again.
> That points to the first grep buffering by default, to me.

I guess grep is detecting whether it's talking to a terminal, and doesn't
buffer if it is (or probably line buffers).