#!/usr/bin/python

import sys
import time
import re
import threading
import socket
import errno

def handle():
  serversocket = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
  PORT = 19999
  HOST = '127.0.0.1'
  MAX_LENGTH = 4096
  try:
     serversocket.bind((HOST, PORT))
  except socket.error, v:
     errorcode=v[0]
     print "Error found during startup [ %s ] " % (errorcode)
     sys.exit(0)
  serversocket.listen(10)
  (clientsocket, address) = serversocket.accept()
  while True:
    buf = clientsocket.recv(MAX_LENGTH)
    if buf == '': return #client terminated connection
    elif buf == "dump":
        for item in serverList:
                print item
    else:
        print "Unrecognised command entered"
        print buf

def follow(thefile):
    thefile.seek(0,2)
    while True:
        line = thefile.readline()
        if not line:
            time.sleep(0.1)
            continue
        yield line

handlethread = threading.Thread(target=handle)
handlethread.daemon = True
handlethread.start()

serverList = []

print "hello there"
logfile = open("/var/log/messages","r")
loglines = follow(logfile)
for line in loglines:
        servername=line.split(' ')[3]
        if servername not in serverList:
                serverList.append(servername)
                print "added %s to list of servers" % (servername)

#!/usr/bin/python
import socket
import sys


HOST = '127.0.0.1'
PORT = 19999
s = socket.socket()
s.connect((HOST, PORT))

while 1:
    msg = raw_input("Command To Send: ")
    if msg == "close":
       s.close()
       sys.exit(0)
    s.send(msg)