I have this code:

#opening the logfile to check for logout
open (CHECKLOGOUT, "/$username/perl/lrnprl.log") || die "\nCouldn't open file to check for logout status\n";

#the code that checks the "end of file" (eof) for the character "#"
#and "if" the file ends with "#" 
#it....
#1) clears the screen
#2) prints the exit message
#3) closes the filehandle
#4) exits the program.
if (eof("#")){
system ("cls");
print "\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\tEXITING PROGRAM IMMEDIATELY\n\n\n\t\t !!YOU MUST FIRST LOGOUT!!\n\n\n\n\n\n";
close (CHECKLOGOUT);
exit 0;
}
This will exit the program no matter what!
I think I can do this with eof(). A friend showed me some code using seek() and read(). 
I want to use eof() because I'm stubborn.
Any help is appreciated.

In reply to Reading the last character of a file and/or line. by providencia

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