tail file & exec question

[difoo]

hi,

i managed to have the bot parse the output of a specific file in realtime. but when i try to have him output only specific lines out of it, it only gives me errors. here's what i use:

set fileout [exec cat $file | grep -E 'sshd|kernel']
putserv "PRIVMSG $chan :$fileout"

i dont want alot of spam in my chan and only want to see lines containing sshd & kernel but all i get is:

[21:59] child process exited abnormally
while executing
"exec cat $file | grep -E 'sshd|kernel'"

the part below works like a charm, but outputs ANY line that gets written to the file i'm tailing:

set fileout [exec cat $file]
putserv "PRIVMSG $chan :$fileout"

any help on this?

difoo

[incith]

Try

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.. grep -e ssh -e kernel

HTH.

[pollar]

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set fileout [exec cat $file | grep -E "sshd|kernel"]