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Port details
py-file-read-backwards Memory efficient way of reading files line-by-line from the end of file
3.1.0_1 textproc on this many watch lists=0 search for ports that depend on this port Find issues related to this port Report an issue related to this port View this port on Repology. pkg-fallout 3.1.0Version of this port present on the latest quarterly branch.
Maintainer: bofh@FreeBSD.org search for ports maintained by this maintainer
Port Added: 2024-10-10 08:07:49
Last Update: 2025-03-08 04:05:21
Commit Hash: 06a08e6
Also Listed In: python
License: MIT
WWW:
https://github.com/RobinNil/file_read_backwards
Description:
This package is for reading file backward line by line as unicode in a memory efficient manner for both Python 2.7 and Python 3. It currently supports ascii, latin-1, and utf-8 encodings. It supports "\r", "\r\n", and "\n" as new lines.
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pkg-plist: as obtained via: make generate-plist
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Dependency lines:
  • ${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}file-read-backwards>0:textproc/py-file-read-backwards@${PY_FLAVOR}
To install the port:
cd /usr/ports/textproc/py-file-read-backwards/ && make install clean
To add the package, run one of these commands:
  • pkg install textproc/py-file-read-backwards
  • pkg install py311-file-read-backwards
NOTE: If this package has multiple flavors (see below), then use one of them instead of the name specified above.
NOTE: This is a Python port. Instead of py311-file-read-backwards listed in the above command, you can pick from the names under the Packages section.
PKGNAME: py311-file-read-backwards
Package flavors (<flavor>: <package>)
  • py311: py311-file-read-backwards
distinfo:
TIMESTAMP = 1728545451 SHA256 (file_read_backwards-3.1.0.tar.gz) = bd04593bc1938a003224be451d5d735f1f4490e1e70a568ce8d330bb7652a684 SIZE (file_read_backwards-3.1.0.tar.gz) = 23328

Packages (timestamps in pop-ups are UTC):
py311-file-read-backwards
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Dependencies
NOTE: FreshPorts displays only information on required and default dependencies. Optional dependencies are not covered.
Build dependencies:
  1. py311-setuptools>=63.1.0 : devel/py-setuptools@py311
  2. python3.11 : lang/python311
Test dependencies:
  1. py311-mock>=0 : devel/py-mock@py311
  2. py311-unittest2>=0 : devel/py-unittest2@py311
  3. python3.11 : lang/python311
Runtime dependencies:
  1. python3.11 : lang/python311
This port is required by:
for Run
  1. devel/py-sirmordred

Configuration Options:
No options to configure
Options name:
textproc_py-file-read-backwards
USES:
python
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Number of commits found: 2

Commit History - (may be incomplete: for full details, see links to repositories near top of page)
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3.1.0_1
08 Mar 2025 04:05:21
commit hash: 06a08e69f3acb846ad8252945f53c3a2d211e303commit hash: 06a08e69f3acb846ad8252945f53c3a2d211e303commit hash: 06a08e69f3acb846ad8252945f53c3a2d211e303commit hash: 06a08e69f3acb846ad8252945f53c3a2d211e303 files touched by this commit
Charlie Li (vishwin) search for other commits by this committer
python: bump all USE_PYTHON=distutils consumers after RUN_DEPENDS removal

Any missed ports, feel free to bump.

Any ports that need setuptools at runtime can have the devel/py-setuptools
manually added back to RUN_DEPENDS, but understand that this practice
is deprecated; see CHANGES for details.
3.1.0
10 Oct 2024 08:05:10
commit hash: 1c10b1f54d269b1e6e5c3078e85048f044a7d699commit hash: 1c10b1f54d269b1e6e5c3078e85048f044a7d699commit hash: 1c10b1f54d269b1e6e5c3078e85048f044a7d699commit hash: 1c10b1f54d269b1e6e5c3078e85048f044a7d699 files touched by this commit
Muhammad Moinur Rahman (bofh) search for other commits by this committer
textproc/py-file-read-backwards: New port

Memory efficient way of reading files line-by-line from the end of file

This package is for reading file backward line by line as unicode in a
memory efficient manner for both Python 2.7 and Python 3.

It currently supports ascii, latin-1, and utf-8 encodings.

It supports "\r", "\r\n", and "\n" as new lines.

WWW: https://github.com/RobinNil/file_read_backwards

Sponsored by:	The FreeBSD Foundation

Number of commits found: 2