dmaosd.log "realtime" viewer

[dentex]

I wrote two very simple scripts I found useful while testing ext plugins but also to browse the osd without turning on the TV.
basically it's a ssh session the shows the dmaosd.log's tail every second.

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#!/bin/sh
clear
while :
do
    cat /tmp/dmaosd.log | tail -50;
    sleep 1;
    clear;
done

goes into WDLXTV's /conf dir;
and:

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#!/bin/bash
gnome-terminal --hide-menubar --geometry=150x45 -e 'ssh root@192.168.254.2 /tmp/conf/log-viewer.sh'

has to be executed from the desktop PC.
Change 192.168.254.2 with the IP address of your WDTV.

Initially seemed to me very basic to be posted, because maybe there's a more elegant way to do this that I ignore, but anyway, that's it.

[PaulF]

When I am listening to Shoutcast, I sometimes do tail -f /tmp/umsp-log.txt to see the song name updates realtime.

[dentex]

Here it is! ...the elegance, with the -f switch.
So now it's just a matter of

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gnome-terminal --hide-menubar --geometry=150x45 -e 'ssh root@192.168.254.2 tail -50 -f /tmp/dmaosd.log'

with no script (and it doesn't flicker).
Thanks PaulF.