# Read logfile names with last position read yesterday open $inf, "<", "loglist.txt" or die; while (<$inf>) { chomp; my ($fname, $fpos) = split /\|/; $logs{$fname} = $fpos; } close $inf; # Get new lines from each file for my $fname (keys %logs) { open $ouf, '>>', $fname . ".cumulative" or die; open $inf, '<', $fname or die; if ($logs{$fname} < stat($inf)[7]) { # Continue from where we left off yesterday seek $inf, $logs{$fname}, SEEK_SET; } else { # start at beginning of file } while (<$inf>) { print $ouf $_; } $logs{$fname} = tell $inf; close $inf; close $ouf; } # Rewrite list of files and positions open $ouf, ">", "loglist.txt" or die; print $ouf join "\n", map { $_ . '|' . $logs{$_} } keys %logs; close $ouf;