This is the shell function I use to catch snowy tracebacks when a tomboy sync fails

debugdjango_function.sh

debugdjango() {
    action=${1:-traceback}
    port=${2:-8000}
    interface=${3:-lo}
    TCPDUMP="tcpdump -i${interface} -A port ${port}"
    case $action in
        all)
            echo "INFO: Running tcpdump on interface $interface and port $port" >&2
            sudo $TCPDUMP
        ;;  
        traceback)
            echo "INFO: Capturing tracebacks on interface $interface and port $port" >&2
            sudo $TCPDUMP | egrep -A1 '^(File|Traceback)'
        ;;  
        *) cat <<- EOF >&2
                Usage: $FUNCNAME [action] [port] [interface]

                    action = all, help, traceback
                        -traceback only prints python tracebacks (this is the default)
                        -all prints everything
                        -help prints this usage

                    port = port that snowy is running on. default=$port

                    interface = interface that snowy is listening on. default=$interface

                NOTE: All arguments are optional
EOF
    ;;  
    esac
}