Обновить решение @papercrane для python3. Откройте файл с помощью open(filename, 'rb')
и:
def tail(f, window=20):
"""Returns the last `window` lines of file `f` as a list.
"""
if window == 0:
return []
BUFSIZ = 1024
f.seek(0, 2)
remaining_bytes = f.tell()
size = window + 1
block = -1
data = []
while size > 0 and remaining_bytes > 0:
if remaining_bytes - BUFSIZ > 0:
# Seek back one whole BUFSIZ
f.seek(block * BUFSIZ, 2)
# read BUFFER
bunch = f.read(BUFSIZ)
else:
# file too small, start from beginning
f.seek(0, 0)
# only read what was not read
bunch = f.read(remaining_bytes)
bunch = bunch.decode('utf-8')
data.insert(0, bunch)
size -= bunch.count('\n')
remaining_bytes -= BUFSIZ
block -= 1
return ''.join(data).splitlines()[-window:]