try: perl -ne '$line=$_;END{print $line}' yourfile On Mon, 25 Jul 2005 19:09:50 +0530 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > hi , > I am a perl newbie. > Can someone suggest a perl command line snippet that will print the last n > lines of a file. > > thanks in advance. > regards, > Kaushik > > Notice: The information contained in this e-mail message and/or attachments > to it may contain confidential or privileged information. If you are not > the intended recipient, any dissemination, use, review, distribution, > printing or copying of the information contained in this e-mail message > and/or attachments to it are strictly prohibited. If you have received this > communication in error, please notify us by reply e-mail or telephone and > immediately and permanently delete the message and any attachments. Thank you -- Whatever you do will be insignificant,but the important is you do it! It doesn't matter who you are, it's what you do that takes you far! -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response>