This doesnt seem to work !

The code below does what you want, but be advised dumping alot of text into a Label widget may not be what you want, a Text widget may be better. See Insert something like a hyperlink in a Tk Text widget 

#!/usr/bin/perl
use Tk;
use strict;

my $mw = MainWindow->new;

my $buf;
open (FH,"< $0");
read( FH, $buf, -s FH );
close FH;

my $label = $mw->Label(
            -textvariable => \$buf, 
        -background => 'black',
        -fg=>'yellow',
        )->pack;

MainLoop;

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The reason your code dosn't work, is you didn't define $memWindow anywhere, and you didn't pack your labels. If you don't pack them, or use another geometry manager, the labels lay hidden behind the scenes. Also see: linux memory leak monitor for a good example of what you may be looking for. Be aware, that you shouldn't use system, or sleep, or anything which blocks the eventloop in GUI's. It is better to fork or use a pipe to run commands.
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In reply to Re: Problem creating Tk::Label widgets from file data by zentara
in thread Problem creating Tk::Label widgets from file data by coder_perl

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