> From: Rob Coops [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 17 September 2008 12:55 > To: Mr. Shawn H. Corey > Cc: Manasi Bopardikar; beginners@perl.org > Subject: Re: Get the last entry of log file > > my $last_line; > while( <> ){ > $last_line = $_; > } > > Sure... depends on the size of the log, though. Do that for a log that is > say 500MB in size and you are in for quite a wait as it will loop over > each > line in the file will it not? > > On Wed, Sep 17, 2008 at 1:46 PM, Mr. Shawn H. Corey > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > > > On Wed, 2008-09-17 at 15:41 +0530, Manasi Bopardikar wrote: > > > I have a log file- > > > > > > | 15 Sep 2008 - 06:37 | TWikiGuest | view | TWiki.WebHome | Mozilla | > > > 10.88.68.26 | > > > > > > | 15 Sep 2008 - 06:37 | TWikiGuest | view | TWiki.TWikiFAQ | Mozilla > | > > > 10.88.68.26 | > > > > > > | 15 Sep 2008 - 06:38 | TWikiGuest | view | TWiki.TWikiTutorial | > > Mozilla | > > > 10.88.68.26 | > > > > > > | 15 Sep 2008 - 06:42 | TWikiGuest | view | TWiki.TWikiUsersGuide | > > Mozilla > > > | 10.88.68.26 | > > > > > > | 15 Sep 2008 - 06:42 | TWikiGuest | view | TWiki.TWikiFAQ | Mozilla > | > > > 10.88.68.26 | > > > > > > | 15 Sep 2008 - 06:44 | TWikiGuest | view | TWiki.ATasteOfTWiki | > > Mozilla | > > > 10.88.68.26 | > > > > > > | 15 Sep 2008 - 06:46 | TWikiGuest | view | TWiki.WebHome | Mozilla | > > > 10.88.68.26 | > > > > > > | 16 Sep 2008 - 04:06 | KailasMhase | save | Main.TestNewGroup | | > > > 10.88.68.26 | > > > > > > | 16 Sep 2008 - 04:30 | TWikiGuest | view | Main.WebHome | Mozilla | > > > 10.77.224.12 | > > > > > > | 16 Sep 2008 - 04:30 | TWikiGuest | view | TWiki.WebHome | Mozilla | > > > 10.77.224.12 | > > > > > > | 16 Sep 2008 - 04:30 | TWikiGuest | view | TWiki.InstalledPlugins | > > > Mozilla | 10.77.224.12 | > > > > > > | 16 Sep 2008 - 04:30 | TWikiGuest | view | TWiki.SpreadSheetPlugin | > > > Mozilla | 10.77.224.12 | > > > > > > | 16 Sep 2008 - 04:32 | TWikiGuest | view | TWiki.TwistyPlugin | > Mozilla > > | > > > 10.77.224.12 | > > > > > > | 16 Sep 2008 - 04:32 | TWikiGuest | view | TWiki.WebHome | Mozilla | > > > 10.77.224.12 | > > > > > > | 16 Sep 2008 - 04:32 | TWikiGuest | view | TWiki.InstalledPlugins | > > > Mozilla | 10.77.224.12 | > > > > > > | 16 Sep 2008 - 04:33 | TWikiGuest | view | TWiki.SlideShowPlugin | > > Mozilla > > > | 10.77.224.12 | > > > > > > | 16 Sep 2008 - 04:34 | TWikiGuest | view | TWiki.InstalledPlugins | > > > Mozilla | 10.77.224.12 | > > > > > > | 16 Sep 2008 - 04:50 | TWikiGuest | view | TWiki.InstalledPlugins | > > > Mozilla | 10.88.68.26 | > > > > > > | 17 Sep 2008 - 04:54 | TWikiGuest | view | TWiki.TWikiFuncDotPm | > > Mozilla > > > | 10.88.68.26 | > > > > > > > > > > > > How can I get the last entry of this file?(highlighted in blue) > > > > my $last_line; > > while( <> ){ > > $last_line = $_; > > } > > > > > > -- > > Just my 0.00000002 million dollars worth, > > Shawn > > > > "Where there's duct tape, there's hope." > > Cross Time Cafe > > > > "Perl is the duct tape of the Internet." > > Hassan Schroeder, Sun's first webmaster > > > > > > -- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://learn.perl.org/ > > > > > > [Stewart Anderson] How about a system(tail -x inputfile >> mylastfile) type call to get the last line and then open the mylastfile to work on the line there?
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