# follow.py
import os
import time

def follow(filename):
    '''
    Generator that produces a sequence of lines being written at the end of a file.
    '''
    f = open(filename, 'r')
    f.seek(0,os.SEEK_END)
    while True:
        line = f.readline()
        if line == '':
            time.sleep(0.1)    # Sleep briefly to avoid busy wait
            continue
        yield line

# Example use
if __name__ == '__main__':
    for line in follow('Data/stocklog.csv'):
        row = line.split(',')
        name = row[0].strip('"')
        price = float(row[1])
        change = float(row[4])
        if change < 0:
            print '%10s %10.2f %10.2f' % (name, price, change)