The following program returns strange results. It will tail along fine. But then suddenly it will read multiple lines from one of the sources files. Lines that are fairly old. Code below, and sample output even lower( notice the time-date stamps)

---Source ---
#!/usr/bin/perl -w

use strict;
use File::Tail;
$|=1;

my @ports = (10290,10291,10292,10293,10294,10295,10298);

my @logs;
foreach my $port (@ports) {
   my $file = "/usr/local/qpxlocal/log/act*" . $port . ".log"; 
   my @files = `/bin/ls -r $file`;
   if($files[0] ne "") {
        chomp $files[0];
        push(@logs,$files[0]);
        print "Push $files[0]\n";

   }else{
        print "Log file for $port is missing!\n"; 
   }
}
my @files_to_tail;
my $debug;
foreach (@logs)  {
    push(@files_to_tail,File::Tail->new(name=>"$_",debug=>"1",maxinter
+val=>"1",i
nterval=>"1", errmode=>"warn",reset_tail=>"-1"));
}

while(1) {
    my ($nfound,$timeleft,@pending)=File::Tail::select(undef,undef,und
+ef,2,@file
s_to_tail);
    unless($nfound) {
        my @ints;
        foreach(@files_to_tail) {
            push(@ints,$_->interval);
        }
        print "Nothing new in the past 1 seconds (" . join(",",@ints) 
+. ")\n";
    }
   foreach (@pending) {
        my $file_name = $_->{'input'};
        my $read_data = $_->read;
        $file_name =~ /.+(\d{5})\.log/;

        my $port = $1;
        print "$port: $read_data";# unless $_->predict;
    }   
}
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---End Source---

--Begin output---

>perl big_log 
Push /usr/local/qpxlocal/log/activity-200104192022-av2J15-10290.log
Push /usr/local/qpxlocal/log/activity-200104192022-av2J15-10291.log
Push /usr/local/qpxlocal/log/activity-200104192022-av2J15-10292.log
Push /usr/local/qpxlocal/log/activity-200104192022-av2J15-10293.log
Push /usr/local/qpxlocal/log/activity-200104192022-av2J15-10294.log
Push /usr/local/qpxlocal/log/activity-200104192022-av2J15-10295.log
Push /usr/local/qpxlocal/log/activity-200104192022-av2J15-10298.log



Nothing new in the past 1 seconds (1,1,1,1,1,1,1)
Nothing new in the past 1 seconds (1,1,1,1,1,1,1)
Nothing new in the past 1 seconds (1,1,1,1,1,1,1)
Nothing new in the past 1 seconds (1,1,1,1,1,1,1)
Nothing new in the past 1 seconds (1,1,1,1,1,1,1)
10290: [20010419 20:22z] AVS started on port 10290 of av2J15.eg.orbitz
+.com [av2J15:10290]
10291: [20010419 20:22z] AVS started on port 10291 of av2J15.eg.orbitz
+.com [av2J15:10291]
10298: [20010419 20:23z] ERROR: zero-length command received, or timeo
+ut (ignored)
10298: [20010419 20:23z] an error occurred processing the last command
+: return code -1.
10298: [20010419 20:25z] [987711918182] Flight V0 Cache count= 941 tim
+eout= 1000 local= 0 remote= 941 returned= 522 elapsed= 106.61
Nothing new in the past 1 seconds (1,1,1,1,1,1,1)
10290: [20010419 20:27z] [987712053494] Flight V0 Cache count= 712 tim
+eout= 1000 local= 0 remote= 712 returned= 336 elapsed= 95.03
Nothing new in the past 1 seconds (1,1,1,1,1,1,1)
Nothing new in the past 1 seconds (1,1,1,1,1,1,1)
10290: [20010419 20:27z] [987712057676] Flight V0 Cache count= 712 tim
+eout= 1000 local= 0 remote= 712 returned= 264 elapsed= 118.06
Nothing new in the past 1 seconds (1,1,1,1,1,1,1)
10290: [20010419 20:27z] [987712061014] Flight V0 Cache count= 712 tim
+eout= 1000 local= 0 remote= 712 returned= 376 elapsed= 92.58
Nothing new in the past 1 seconds (1,1,1,1,1,1,1)
Nothing new in the past 1 seconds (1,1,1,1,1,1,1)
Nothing new in the past 1 seconds (1,1,1,1,1,1,1)
Nothing new in the past 1 seconds (1,1,1,1,1,1,1)
Nothing new in the past 1 seconds (1,1,1,1,1,1,1)
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