simulate a webserver writing log to a file

script.sh

#!/bin/bash

SOURCE_FILE="access_log_1000.log"
TARGET_FILE="/mnt/c/Users/teebow1e/IdeaProjects/project1-soict/webserver.log"
#TARGET_FILE="target.log"
CHUNK_SIZE=5

while true; do
  chunk=$(head -n "$CHUNK_SIZE" "$SOURCE_FILE")
  if [ -n "$chunk" ]; then
    echo "$chunk" >> "$TARGET_FILE"
    sed -i "1,${CHUNK_SIZE}d" "$SOURCE_FILE"
  fi
  sleep 1
done