-declare -a buffer # Initialize buffer array
-scriptTTL="15";
-bufferTTL="5";
-magicWriteBuffer() {
- printf "%s\n" "${buffer[@]}" | cat | cat | cat >> /dev/shm/$(date +%s)..bkFreqWrite-output1.txt;
- printf "%s\n" "${buffer[@]}" | cat | cat | cat >> /dev/shm/$(date +%s)..bkFreqWrite-output2.txt;
- printf "%s\n" "${buffer[@]}" | cat | cat | cat >> /dev/shm/$(date +%s)..bkFreqWrite-output3.txt;
+magicProcessWriteBuffer() {
+ printf "%s\\n" "${buffer[@]}" | cat | cat | cat >> "/dev/shm/$(date +%s)..bkFreqWrite-output1.txt";
+ printf "%s\\n" "${buffer[@]}" | cat | cat | cat >> "/dev/shm/$(date +%s)..bkFreqWrite-output2.txt";
+ printf "%s\\n" "${buffer[@]}" | cat | cat | cat >> "/dev/shm/$(date +%s)..bkFreqWrite-output3.txt";
+} # Process and Write buffer
+main() {
+ bufferRound=0;
+ # Run until script TTL seconds pass
+ while [[ $SECONDS -lt "scriptTTL" ]]; do
+ bufferTOD="$((SECONDS + bufferTTL))";
+ lineCount=0;
+ # 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+=("$line");
+ echo "DEBUG:Processing line:$lineCount";
+ echo "DEBUG:Current line :$line";
+ echo "DEBUG:buf elem count :${#buffer[@]}";
+ ((lineCount++));
+ done;
+ # Export buffer to asynchronous processing.
+ magicProcessWriteBuffer &
+ unset buffer; # Clear buffer array for next bufferRound
+ # Increment buffer round
+ ((bufferRound++));
+ done;