How to apply a function to the output of tail -f?

Question

I have a log file that continuously gets updated. I can view the file with tail -f and see all the changes as they come in. However, there is an issue - the text contains the characters \n instead of newlines. I would like to change the characters \n into actual newlines. How do I go about doing that?

Answer 1

Found a solution that works for me:

tail -f logfile | sed 's/\\n/\
/g'