Make a sound when a particularly interesting line comes through syslog

speak-adsl-state-changes.sh

#!/bin/bash
shopt -s nocasematch

tail -F /var/log/syslog -n 100 | grep --line-buffered -iE -e 'adsl link (up|down)' | while read -r line ; do
    echo "Processing $line"
    [[ $line =~ (adsl link (up|down)) ]] &&
    newState="${BASH_REMATCH[1]}" &&
    echo $newState &&
    spd-say "Hey! $newState"
done