use warnings; use strict; use File::ReadBackwards; die "Usage: $0 LOGFILE\n" unless @ARGV==1; my $FILE = shift @ARGV; my $bw = File::ReadBackwards->new($FILE) or die "Can't read $FILE: $!" ; LINE: while(defined( my $line = $bw->readline )) { chomp($line); if ( $line =~ /received/ ) { my ($dt) = $line =~ /^([\d\/]+\s+[\d\:]+)\b/ or die "Failed to parse date from: $line\n"; print "$dt\n"; last LINE; } } $bw->close;