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To keep track of the line-count between sessions, you can either use an Ini file (with IniWrite and Read) or just a plain text file such as this:

FileDelete, LinesToSkip.txt
FileAppend, %LinesToSkip%`n, LinesToSkip.txt

Then next time your script start up, it can read the count back in:
FileReadLine, LinesToSkip, LinesToSkip.txt, 1

How do you capture the output from tail.exe into a variable usable by autohotkey? This seems to be my current roadblock on the way to creating a real time parser/reader.

Try this topic: CMDret - Capture Output from Console

In addition, the FAQ contains a method to send command line output directly to the clipboard.

I hate needing to be lead by hand for this.. but I spent another hour or two trying to decipher the syntax needed for both of these to work correctly. Currently, I have no working solution. Unfortunately, this leads me to ask for another bit of help.. assume all the files are in the same folder. I want tail.exe to read the last line of a .txt file called paplogdemo.txt. From here, I want that last line to be placed in a variable workable by AHK. So, for example, if I do a

I will get told what the last line of the file is at that time. (I have a pretty solid idea in my head using loops to just redo that line of code over and over again, comparing to a separately stored copy of the last iteration for comparison to avoid trigger spamming if nothing changes). I've attempted the straight up code for AHK, using the suggested checking method of last update to the file, etc, but it doesn't appear to work correctly. It will only read the file to the end once no matter what I do.

Anyways, if you could shoot out the line needed to grab the output from tail.exe (with the definined parameters for the last line), I'd highly appreciate it. Thanks again.

Using the cb.exe utility to send it to the clipboard, this method seems to work:There are nested quotes in the above, which seem to work on Win2k/XP but I'm not sure about Win9x.

I'm still planning to looking into corrupt's CMDret - Capture Output from Console someday, and possibly integrate it into AutoHotkey if it isn't too difficult.

Might be usefull to check that post ---> [here]

Just wanted to say that I got it working beautifully and thank you. That was a tremendous help in getting the program to work.

Thanks again

I have 2 gig log, and for some magical reason "tail" on my debian system doesn't even blink to display the last 20 lines. The server has only 1 gig ram, and runs more serious deamons than I can count with my fingers. Maybe it's the sound of constantly thrashing hard disk that makes this magic possible.

Good news. I'm OK !!!!

A DLL Version of CMDret is now available here