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#!/usr/bin/env python
import subprocess
filename = 'test.log'
cmd = ('tail -n +1 --follow=name ' + filename)
p = subprocess.Popen([cmd], shell=True, stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.STDOUT)
while True:
print p.stdout.readline()
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