Why does 'while IFS=' sometimes not process the last input line?
Issue
Sometimes, inputting lines from a file (/var/log/messages
for example) into a while IFS=
loop does not process the last line of the intput.
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5
- RHEL 6
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