Pytail

Module to allow for reading lines from a continuously-growing file (such as a system log). Handles log files that get rotated/trucated out from under us. Inspired by the Perl File::Tail module. Platforms: Windows, Mac, Linux

Python tail is a simple implementation of GNU tail and head. It provides 3 main functions that can be performed on any file-like object that supports seek() and tell(). - tail - read lines from the end of a file - head - read lines from the top of a file - follow - read lines as a file grows... Platforms: *nix