#!/usr/bin/perl $|++; my $last; my $file = shift || "/proc/sys/kernel/random/entropy_avail"; my $sleep_time = shift || 0.1; open ENT, "<", $file; while () { chomp; print " $_" . (" " x (length($last) - length $_)) unless $_ eq $last; $last = $_; sleep $sleep_time; seek ENT, 0, 0; }