following a file with Perl

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Re: following a file with Perl by reneeb (Chaplain) on Jun 18, 2006 at 15:49 UTC
You should have a look at File::Tail.	[reply]
Re: following a file with Perl by McDarren (Abbot) on Jun 18, 2006 at 15:50 UTC
How does tail -f, the follow mode to tail, work its magic? `man tail` [download] Is there any way to open a file similarly in Perl? Yes, File::Tail	[reply] [d/l]
Re: following a file with Perl by sgifford (Prior) on Jun 18, 2006 at 16:15 UTC
perldoc -q tail has some ideas. -- sgifford's Web page	[reply]
Re: following a file with Perl by liverpole (Monsignor) on Jun 18, 2006 at 18:04 UTC
Hi perlcapt, A similar question was asked 5 days, ago (and got similar responses). In particular, I'd recommend looking at my response if you're interested in the specifics of how you might write your own subroutine to mimic tail -f. s''(q.S:$/9=(T1';s;(..)(..);$..=substr+crypt($1,$2),2,3;eg;print$..$/	[reply]