> my @x = <FH>;
> @x = @x[($#x-100>0?$#x-100:0)..$#x];

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This will read in the whole log, quite inefficient if your log files are big..

Consider this: 

open LOG,"<","/some/log" or die $!;
seek LOG,-50000,2;  # go to 50K from the end (assuming your log-lines 
+have 500 or less characters)
my @lines = <LOG>;  # get all from there
splice @lines => 0, -100;  # see [Abigail-II]'s comment
close LOG;

print @lines;

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</code> 
-- 
Joost       downtime n. The period during which a system
            is error-free and immune from user input.

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in thread Reading Log file from bottom up and take first 100 lines and send email... by Anonymous Monk

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