Do a tail -F until matching a pattern

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Use tail’s --pid option and tail will stop when the shell dies. No need to add extra to the tailed file.

sh -c 'tail -n +0 --pid=$$ -f /tmp/foo | { sed "/EOF/ q" && kill $$ ;}'

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