while (1) { ($nfound,$timeleft,@pending)= File::Tail::select(undef,und +ef,undef,$timeout,@files); unless ($nfound) { print "Nothing to print \n"; } else { foreach(@pending) #### #!/usr/bin/perl use strict; use Tk; use IO::Handle; my $H=IO::Handle->new; open($H,"tail -f -n 50 z.txt |") or die $!; my $main = MainWindow->new; my $t = $main-> Scrolled('Text', -wrap=>'none')->pack(-expand=>1); $main->fileevent(\*$H,'readable',[\&fill,$t]); MainLoop; sub fill { my ($w) = @_; my $text; my $text =<$H>; $w->insert('end',$text); $w->yview('end'); } #### #!/usr/bin/perl # tktail pathname use warnings; use strict; use Tk; my $pid = open(H, "tail -f -n 25 $ARGV[0]|") or die ; my $mw = MainWindow->new; my $t = $mw->Text(-width => 80, -height => 25, -wrap => 'none'); $t->pack(-expand => 1); $mw->fileevent('H', 'readable', [\&fill_text_widget, $t]); $mw->OnDestroy(\&quitCB); MainLoop; sub fill_text_widget { my($widget) = @_; my $text = ; $widget->insert('end', $text); $widget->yview('end'); } # end fill_text_widget sub quitCB { kill 9,$pid or die $!; exit; }