How to efficiently read only last line of the text file

Question

Need to get just last line from big log file. What is the best way to do that?

Answer 1

    String lastline="";
    String filedata;

    // Open file to read
    var fullfiledata = new FileStream(filepath, FileMode.Open, FileAccess.Read, FileShare.ReadWrite);
    StreamReader sr = new StreamReader(fullfiledata);

    //long offset = sr.BaseStream.Length - ((sr.BaseStream.Length * lengthWeNeed) / 100);
    // Assuming a line doesnt have more than 500 characters, else use above formula
    long offset = sr.BaseStream.Length - 500;

    //directly move the last 500th position
    sr.BaseStream.Seek(offset, SeekOrigin.Begin);

    //From there read lines, not whole file
    while (!sr.EndOfStream)
    {
        filedata = sr.ReadLine();
        // Interate to see last line
        if (sr.Peek() == -1)
        {
            lastline = filedata;
        }
    }       

    return lastline;
}