[BangPypers] How to handle files efficiently in python

[Pradeep Gowda]

If you are on Linux/Unix, use the tail command

$ tail -n 5 somefile.txt



On Tue, Mar 22, 2011 at 11:09 AM, brijithp at gmail.com <brijithp at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi All,
>        How can I print last five lines of a file using python. The file may
> contain thousands of lines each line may differ in length.
>
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> Brijith P
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