Karen Liew Ying Ping wrote: > > Hi, Hello,
> Let's say I'm opening a file. > How do I read the last line of the file? > is there any function in doing so? use File::ReadBackwards; my $bw = File::ReadBackwards->new( $file ) or die "Cannot read $file: $!"; my $last_line = $bw->readline; # OR my $last_line = `tail -1 $file`; # OR open FILE, $file or die "Cannot read $file: $!"; my $last_line; $last_line = $_ while <FILE>; John -- use Perl; program fulfillment -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
