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ali-eltaweel/tail
=================

Reads text files from the end

1.0.0(6mo ago)00PHPPHP ^8.1

Since Nov 17Pushed 6mo agoCompare

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Tail
====

[](#tail)

- [Tail](#tail)
    - [Installation](#installation)
    - [Usage](#usage)
        - [Starting line](#starting-line)
        - [N lines from the end](#n-lines-from-the-end)
        - [Following new lines](#following-new-lines)
            - [Sleep duration](#sleep-duration)
            - [Follow timeout](#follow-timeout)
            - [Follow until a process dies](#follow-until-a-process-dies)

---

Installation
------------

[](#installation)

Install *tail* via Composer:

```
composer require ali-eltaweel/tail
```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

```
$tail = new Files\Tail();

foreach ($tail->tail('path/to/file.txt') as $line) {

  echo $line;
}
```

The previous loop will iterate over all lines in the specified file.

### Starting line

[](#starting-line)

```
foreach ($tail->tail('path/to/file.txt', startLine: 3) as $line) {

  echo $line;
}
```

> note: You can either specify $startLine or $line not both.

### N lines from the end

[](#n-lines-from-the-end)

```
foreach ($tail->tail('path/to/file.txt', lines: 5) as $line) {

  echo $line;
}
```

> note: You can either specify $startLine or $line not both.

### Following new lines

[](#following-new-lines)

```
foreach ($tail->tail('path/to/file.txt', follow: true) as $line) {

  echo $line;
}
```

#### Sleep duration

[](#sleep-duration)

```
foreach ($tail->tail('path/to/file.txt', follow: true, sleepMicros: 1_000_000) as $line) {

  echo $line;
}
```

#### Follow timeout

[](#follow-timeout)

```
foreach ($tail->tail('path/to/file.txt', follow: true, timeoutMicros: 60_000_000) as $line) {

  echo $line;
}
```

#### Follow until a process dies

[](#follow-until-a-process-dies)

```
foreach ($tail->tail('path/to/file.txt', follow: true, pid: 123) as $line) {

  echo $line;
}
```

###  Health Score

31

—

LowBetter than 68% of packages

Maintenance69

Regular maintenance activity

Popularity0

Limited adoption so far

Community6

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity43

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 100% of commits — single point of failure

How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window.

**Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores.

**Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. Measures real ecosystem engagement.

**Maturity (30%)** — Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability.

###  Release Activity

Cadence

Unknown

Total

1

Last Release

183d ago

### Community

Maintainers

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---

Top Contributors

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