On Wed, 2007-08-08 at 17:39 +0530, sivasakthi wrote: > Hi Guys, > > I have a very large file. It may be contain 1lac lines.. also it > length is increased in dynamically.. > Each time ( per 5 min) i need to read the contents from file & do some > work .. Suppose i have read the lines for first 5 min then after some > time it reads the same line also , so it take more time & it is a > waste of time..
Look up File::Tail in CPAN. If you are trying to follow the file as it grows then this is what you want. -- Ken Foskey FOSS developer -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://learn.perl.org/