# little File::Tail demo use Time::HiRes qw( gettimeofday ); use File::Tail; $| = 1; my $tail = File::Tail->new( name => './test', maxinterval => 0.1 ); my $usec; my $sec_since_epoch; my $line; while ( defined( $line = $tail->read() ) ) { ( $sec_since_epoch, $usec ) = gettimeofday(); printf "%d.%d\n", $sec_since_epoch, $usec; }