From: James Gray <james@...>
Date: 2008-12-22T22:35:02+09:00
Subject: Re: get first and last line from txt file - how?

On Dec 22, 2008, at 4:11 AM, Marc Heiler wrote:

>> Why re-invent the wheel?
>
> Because your wheel will not work on i.e. Windows without the "tail"
> binary, but the ruby wheel will work wherever ruby works.

Definitely have a look at Elif then.  It's a tail like algorithm in  
pure Ruby.

James Edward Gray II