TAIL="`tail -n 1 /var/log/emerge.log`" if [ "`echo ${TAIL} | grep '>>> emerge'`" != "" ]; then echo Emerging elif [ "`echo ${TAIL} | grep 'Compiling/Merging'`" != "" ]; then echo Compiling elif [ "`echo ${TAIL} | grep 'Cleaning'`" != "" ]; then echo Cleaning elif [ "`echo ${TAIL} | grep 'AUTOCLEAN:'`" != "" ]; then echo Autoclean elif [ "`echo ${TAIL} | grep '::: completed emerge'`" != "" ]; then echo Completed fi