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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+
+import sys
+import logging
+import argparse
+import arvados
+from arvados.events import subscribe
+
+parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
+parser.add_argument('-u', '--uuid', type=str, default="")
+args = parser.parse_args()
+
+filters = []
+if len(args.uuid)>0: filters = [ ['object_uuid', '=', args.uuid] ]
+
+api = arvados.api('v1', cache=False)
+
+def on_message(ev):
+ print "\n", ev
+
+ws = None
+try:
+ ws = subscribe(api, filters, lambda ev: on_message(ev))
+ ws.run_forever()
+except KeyboardInterrupt:
+ print '' # don't log it
+except:
+ logging.exception('')
+ if (ws):
+ ws.close_connection()