monitor.sh

#!/bin/bash
#
# Starts a multiplexed terminal session with tmux running monitoring software.
# Requires grc, top, and set_pane (the latter of which is another one of my gists).
# Based off https://gist.github.com/vjt/1893884
#
# tmux 1.7 or later recommended.
#
name=monitor

if ! tmux has-session -t $name; then
#tmux start \; new-session -d -s $name exit \; neww -n monitor 'set_pane bottom "/var/log/syslog" grc tail -f /var/log/syslog' \; splitw -v -p 75 'set_pane bottom "/var/log/auth.log" grc tail -f /var/log/auth.log' \; splitw -v -p 50 \; selectp -t 2 \; splitw -h -p 50 'set_pane bottom "/var/log/kern.log" grc tail -f /var/log/kern.log' \; selectp -t 4 
tmux start \; new-session -d -s $name exit \; neww -n monitor 'set_pane bottom "syslog" grc tail -f /var/log/syslog' \; splitw -v -p 75 'set_pane bottom "auth.log" grc tail -f /var/log/auth.log' \; splitw -v -p 50 'top' \; selectp -t 2 \; splitw -h -p 50 'set_pane bottom "kern.log" grc tail -f /var/log/kern.log' \; selectp -t 4 
fi
 
tmux attach -t monitor