#!/usr/bin/env python """ Usage: ./rtail.py user@host:path/foo.log bar.log host2:/path/baz.log """ import optparse import os import re import select import subprocess import sys def main(): op = optparse.OptionParser() op.add_option("-i", "--identity", dest="identity") options, args = op.parse_args() streams = list() for arg in args: if re.match(r"^(.+@)?[a-zA-Z0-9.-]+:.+", arg): # this is a remote location hostname, path = arg.split(":", 1) if options.identity: s = subprocess.Popen( ["ssh", "-i", options.identity, hostname, "tail -f " + path], stdout=subprocess.PIPE ) else: s = subprocess.Popen(["ssh", hostname, "tail -f " + path], stdout=subprocess.PIPE) s.name = arg streams.append(s) else: s = subprocess.Popen(["tail", "-f", arg], stdout=subprocess.PIPE) s.name = arg streams.append(s) try: while True: r, _, _ = select.select([stream.stdout.fileno() for stream in streams], [], []) for fileno in r: for stream in streams: if stream.stdout.fileno() != fileno: continue data = os.read(fileno, 4096) if not data: streams.remove(stream) break host = re.match(r"^(.*?)\.", stream.name) combination_message = "[%-6s] %s" % (host.group(1)[:6], data) sys.stdout.write(combination_message) break except KeyboardInterrupt: print(" --- End of Logging ---") if __name__ == "__main__": main()