annoy_at_discuss.sh

#!/bin/bash

line_count=0
text_to_send=""
number_of_lines_to_send_at_a_time=5
logfile="irclogs/freenode/#skullspace.log"
mailing_to="discuss@lists.skullspace.ca"

tail -f -n 0 $logfile | \
  while read line
  do
    text_to_send="$text_to_send\n$line"
    line_count=$((line_count+1))
    if [[ $line_count -eq $number_of_lines_to_send_at_a_time ]]
    then
      echo "Sending mail to $mailing_to after $number_of_lines_to_send_at_a_time lines typed"
      echo -e $text_to_send | mail -s "SkullSpace IRC Discuss Pipe! $(date)" $mailing_to
      text_to_send=""
      line_count=0
    fi
  done