Why does 'while IFS=' sometimes not process the last input line?

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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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