use Text::Diff;
for($count = 0; $count <= 1000; $count++){
   my $data_dir="archive/oswiostat/oracleapps.*dat";
   my $data_file= `ls -t $data_dir | head -1`;
   while($data_file){
      print $data_file;
      open (DAT,$data_file) || die("Could not open file! $!");
      $stats1 = (stat $data_file)[9];
      print "Stats: \n";
      @raw_data=<DAT>;
      close(DAT);
      print "Stats1 is :$stats1\n";
      sleep(5);
      if($stats1 != $stats2){
         @diff = diff \@raw_data, $data_file, { STYLE => "Context" };
         $stats2 = $stats1;
      }
      print @diff || die ("Didn't see any updates $!");
   }
}

Saída:

$ perl client_socket.pl
archive/oswiostat/oracleapps.localdomain_iostat_12.06.28.1500.dat
Stats:
Stats1 is :
Didn't see any updates  at client_socket.pl line 18.

Você pode me dizer por que as estatísticas estão faltando e como corrigi-lo?