isn't there a way to implement tail in python with the same class of performance?
how's tail implemented? Xah [EMAIL PROTECTED] ∑ http://xahlee.org/ Fredrik Lundh wrote: > Fredrik Lundh wrote: > > > zcat|tail is a LOT faster. > > and here's the "right way" to use that: > > from subprocess import Popen, PIPE > p1 = Popen(["zcat", filename], stdout=PIPE) > p2 = Popen(["tail", "-1"], stdin=p1.stdout, stdout=PIPE) > last_line = p2.communicate()[0] > > (on my small sample, this is roughly 15 times faster than the empty for loop) > > </F> -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
