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Re: How to streamingly read text file and display whenever updated text

From Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk>
Subject Re: How to streamingly read text file and display whenever updated text
Date 2013-10-05 09:14 +0100
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On 05/10/2013 09:06, James Harris wrote:
> <galeomaga@gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:04ee91f9-1cbf-4364-bca3-da25aa4db45f@googlegroups.com...
>>
>>
>> #!/usr/bin/python
>> import time
>> f = open('/home/martin/Downloads/a.txt')
>
> Looks like you are on Unix so you can do this from the shell
>
>    tail -F /home/martin/Downloads/a.txt
>
> James
>
>

Tail also works on Windows if you've unxutils installed :)

-- 
Roses are red,
Violets are blue,
Most poems rhyme,
But this one doesn't.

Mark Lawrence

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How to streamingly read text file and display whenever updated text galeomaga@gmail.com - 2013-10-05 00:38 -0700
  Re: How to streamingly read text file and display whenever updated text galeomaga@gmail.com - 2013-10-05 00:54 -0700
    Re: How to streamingly read text file and display whenever updated text Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2013-10-05 09:12 +0100
  Re: How to streamingly read text file and display whenever updated text "James Harris" <james.harris.1@gmail.com> - 2013-10-05 09:06 +0100
    Re: How to streamingly read text file and display whenever updated text Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2013-10-05 09:14 +0100
  Re: How to streamingly read text file and display whenever updated text Nobody <nobody@nowhere.com> - 2013-10-05 11:25 +0100
  Re: How to streamingly read text file and display whenever updated text Joost Molenaar <j.j.molenaar@gmail.com> - 2013-10-05 13:02 +0200
    Re: How to streamingly read text file and display whenever updated text galeomaga@gmail.com - 2013-10-05 20:17 -0700
      Re: How to streamingly read text file and display whenever updated text Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-10-06 14:28 +1100
      Re: How to streamingly read text file and display whenever updated text Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2013-10-06 04:06 +0000
        Re: How to streamingly read text file and display whenever updated text galeomaga@gmail.com - 2013-10-06 01:49 -0700
        Re: How to streamingly read text file and display whenever updated text Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2013-10-06 11:36 +0100
        Re: How to streamingly read text file and display whenever updated text Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-10-06 22:03 +1100
        Re: How to streamingly read text file and display whenever updated text Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2013-10-06 12:13 +0100
        Re: How to streamingly read text file and display whenever updated text Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-10-06 22:15 +1100
        Re: How to streamingly read text file and display whenever updated text Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2013-10-06 12:31 +0100
        Re: How to streamingly read text file and display whenever updated text Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-10-06 22:44 +1100
          Re: How to streamingly read text file and display whenever updated text galeomaga@gmail.com - 2013-10-06 18:54 -0700
            Re: How to streamingly read text file and display whenever updated text Andreas Perstinger <andipersti@gmail.com> - 2013-10-07 11:52 +0200
  Re: How to streamingly read text file and display whenever updated text Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2013-10-05 12:08 +0100

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