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Fantastic, This code works as a good replacement for tail. Meanwhile, can someone let me know how can i do the following - a) There is an exe that is already running and the debug messages are coming on the win32 console b) I need to capture this using the WIN32::GUI or WIN32::Console. c) is there an easy way of doing. d) one way is using tail for the file logging. Please let me know your comments on the following mail id - balvinder.p.singh@gmail.com BR Balvinder.
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Re^3: is File::Tail usable on Windows ?
by BrowserUk (Patriarch) on Mar 14, 2010 at 09:09 UTC

    It is far easier if you start capturing when you start the command, but see Re: Capturing the text in a Console Window for a simple script that will capture all the text currently in a console buffer.

    This will include any that has scolled off the top, (up to the limits of the console buffer size), but note that if more has already scrolled of than could be held, you'll loose data. And any that comes after you capture will not be available to you.

    You can try doing multiple captures, but then you'll have to try and stitch them together, discarding any that is duplicated in the second and subsequent captures.

    It would be far easier to start the command and redirect the output you want into to a file, perhaps via tee.

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