Python log file reader

Scenario:

1. Some other program is periodically appending lines to a log file.
2. Your program runs every few minutes and needs to process any new log lines added since the last run.

If it's just a single log file that keeps growing, use log_file_reader.read(...).

If it's a log file that is rotated (e.g. by logrotate), use log_file_reader.read_rotated(...).

Using it

This is not published to PyPI yet. Just take "log_file_reader.py" and use it.

Developing

Make sure you have Poetry installed.

1. Make sure dependencies are installed: poetry install
2. Activate local environment: poetry shell
3. Run tests: pytest --cov=. --cov-branch --cov-report html log_file_reader_test.py
   • Coverage report is generated to "htmlcov/index.html".