On Sun, Apr 20, 2008 at 1:49 PM, Richard Lee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: snip > can this be optimized in anyway? > open (my $source, '-|', "tail -100000 /server/server.log") > > is this the best way to get large portion(well file itself is over 20 > times) of the file into find handle? snip
Depending on how you are processing data, you may find File::ReadBackwards* useful. * http://search.cpan.org/dist/File-ReadBackwards/ReadBackwards.pm -- Chas. Owens wonkden.net The most important skill a programmer can have is the ability to read. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://learn.perl.org/
