package tailfile import ( "bytes" "errors" "io" "os" ) const blockSize = 1024 var eol = []byte("\n") var ErrNonPositiveLinesNumber = errors.New("Lines number must be positive") //TailFile returns last n lines of file f func TailFile(f io.ReadSeeker, n int) ([][]byte, error) { if n <= 0 { return nil, ErrNonPositiveLinesNumber } size, err := f.Seek(0, os.SEEK_END) if err != nil { return nil, err } block := -1 var data []byte var cnt int for { var b []byte step := int64(block * blockSize) left := size + step // how many bytes to beginning if left < 0 { if _, err := f.Seek(0, os.SEEK_SET); err != nil { return nil, err } b = make([]byte, blockSize+left) if _, err := f.Read(b); err != nil { return nil, err } data = append(b, data...) break } else { b = make([]byte, blockSize) if _, err := f.Seek(step, os.SEEK_END); err != nil { return nil, err } if _, err := f.Read(b); err != nil { return nil, err } data = append(b, data...) } cnt += bytes.Count(b, eol) if cnt > n { break } block-- } lines := bytes.Split(data, eol) if n < len(lines) { return lines[len(lines)-n-1 : len(lines)-1], nil } return lines[:len(lines)-1], nil }