Maybe this helps : tail -1 file
and redirect the output to a file. On Mon, Sep 22, 2008 at 10:46 PM, John W. Krahn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Mr. Shawn H. Corey wrote: > >> On Wed, 2008-09-17 at 13:18 +0100, Stewart Anderson wrote: >> >>> 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? >>> >>> >> The UNIX utility tail(1) still reads the entire file. >> > > The tail on my Kubuntu system doesn't, at least according to strace. > > > > John > -- > Perl isn't a toolbox, but a small machine shop where you > can special-order certain sorts of tools at low cost and > in short order. -- Larry Wall > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://learn.perl.org/ > > >
