Re: Reading constantly generated log files: Suggestions invited


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Re: Reading constantly generated log files: Suggestions invited

by Khen1950fx (Canon)

on Nov 08, 2013 at 20:19 UTC ( [id://1061766]=note: print w/replies, xml )

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in reply to Reading constantly generated log files: Suggestions invited

Give Logfile::Tail a spin:

#!/usr/bin/perl

use strict;
use warnings;
use Logfile::Tail ();
use Data::Dumper::Concise;

my $file = new Logfile::Tail('/var/log/messages',
     {autocommit => 1 },
);

my $line = $file->getline();
$file->commit();
print Dumper( $line );
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