Get last n lines of a file, similar to tail

Question

I\'m writing a log file viewer for a web application and for that I want to paginate through the lines of the log file. The items in the file are line based with the newest

Answer 1

This is my version of tailf

import sys, time, os

filename = 'path to file'

try:
    with open(filename) as f:
        size = os.path.getsize(filename)
        if size < 1024:
            s = size
        else:
            s = 999
        f.seek(-s, 2)
        l = f.read()
        print l
        while True:
            line = f.readline()
            if not line:
                time.sleep(1)
                continue
            print line
except IOError:
    pass