On Tue, 7 Jan 2003 04:23:22 -0800 (PST), [EMAIL PROTECTED]
(Admin-Stress) wrote:
>Hi,
>
>Anyone have the fastest and efficien way to tail a text file ?
>
>suppose I have a text file "example.txt" and I want to print the last X lines.
>
Well there are alot of "ifs" to consider. How big the file is
One way is answered in the FAQ, don't know if it is the most efficient.
perldoc -q 'tail'
http://danconia.org
On Tue, 7 Jan 2003 04:23:22 -0800 (PST), Admin-Stress <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Anyone have the fastest and efficien way to
If you want it continually updated you might try File::Tail
http://search.cpan.org/author/MGRABNAR/File-Tail-0.98/Tail.pm
otherwise, use File::ReadBackwards
http://search.cpan.org/author/URI/File-ReadBackwards-0.99/ReadBackwards.pm
Tanton
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