# Consume stdin to fill buffer until buffer time-of-death (TOD) arrives
while read -r -t "$bufferTTL" line && [[ $SECONDS -lt "$bufferTOD" ]]; do
# Append line to buffer array
buffer+=("$line");
# Consume stdin to fill buffer until buffer time-of-death (TOD) arrives
while read -r -t "$bufferTTL" line && [[ $SECONDS -lt "$bufferTOD" ]]; do
# Append line to buffer array
buffer+=("$line");