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bootychaser in python
#!/usr/bin/env python
from os.path import isfile
from sys import argv
from time import sleep
import commands
import select
suffix = argv[1] if len(argv) > 1 else ""
fn_list = []
fh_list = []
last_file = None
while True:
file_names = commands.getoutput('ls -d *' + suffix).split('\n')
for file_name in file_names:
if isfile(file_name) and file_name not in fn_list:
f = open(file_name, 'r')
if f:
f.seek(0, 2)
fh_list.append(f)
fn_list.append(file_name)
else:
print "could not open '{fn}'\n".format(fn=file_name)
else:
next
ready = select.select(fh_list, [], [])
for fh in ready:
current_pos = fh.tell()
line = fh.readline()
if line:
if fh.name != last_file:
print "\n\x1b[33m[{n}] \x1b[0m".format(n=fh.name)
last_file = fh.name
print line.rstrip()
sleep(0.1)
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