Here's an example of how you can just keep one file with lets say 10 lines. Once the file reaches the max size, new entries are put at the end and the first line is removed. 
#!/usr/bin/perl

my $FILE = $ARGV[0];
my $MAXSIZE=10;

exit -1 if ! -f $FILE;

$num_lines = 0;
open FILE, ">$FILE";
for (;;) {
        chomp($mytime=`date +%T`);
        my $line = "$mytime";
        $line .= ";" . sprintf "%.2f", rand(10);
        $line .= ";" . sprintf "%.2f", rand(20);
        $line .= ";" . sprintf "%.2f", rand(30);
        $line .= ";" . sprintf "%.2f", rand(40);
        if($num_lines < $MAXSIZE){
                push @array, "$line\n";
                $num_lines++;
        }else{
                shift @array;
                push @array, "$line\n";
        }
        #Get the end position of the file
        seek(FILE, 0, 2);
        $endpos = tell(FILE);

        seek(FILE, 0, 0);#Seek to start
        print FILE @array;

        #For the rest of the bytes print " "
        $curpos = tell(FILE);
        for(my $cnt=$curpos;$cnt<$endpos;$cnt++){
                print FILE " ";
        }

        sleep 1;
}

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In reply to Re: What is the best way to remove(delete) specific lines from a very large file? by scottysb
in thread What is the best way to remove(delete) specific lines from a very large file? by Flame

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