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#!/usr/bin/env lua | |
-- Example usage: ./tail.lua logfile -10 | |
local fd=io.open(arg[1],"r") | |
local lines_to_read=math.abs(tonumber(arg[2]) or 0) | |
local eof=fd:seek("end",-1) | |
local pos=eof | |
local lines_read=0 | |
local buf={} | |
local buf_len=0 | |
while pos do |
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ringbuf={} | |
ringbuf.eof=0 | |
ringbuf.size=0 | |
ringbuf.__index=ringbuf | |
function ringbuf:new(size) | |
size=tonumber(size) | |
if not size then | |
return nil, "arg must be an number" | |
elseif size<1 then |