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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 );