[mythtv-users] Viewing mythtv "status" in shell

[Raymond Wagner]

Brad DerManouelian wrote:
> On Nov 14, 2008, at 2:26 PM, Bobby Gill wrote:
>
>   
>> Is there some means of viewing any kind of status of the backend in  
>> shell? If I'm ssh'd in to the mythbox and just want a quick read of  
>> tuner status, job queue, etc. or anything like that.
>>     
>
> Sounds like you want this:
> http://www.etc.gen.nz/projects/mythtv/mythtv-status.html
>
> I have my shell set to run that automatically when I log in (Mythbuntu  
> now comes that way, as well).
>
> -Brad
>
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You can wget the backend status page on port 6544.  If you really wanted 
to get fancy, you could open it in lynx or write a script to parse out 
the information you want.