import socket import datetime import sys host = 'localhost' port = 9999 conn = socket.create_connection( (host, port) ) fd = conn.makefile('rw') for line in fd: words = line.rstrip('\n').split(' ') signal = words[0] args = words[1:] if signal == 'message' and args[0] == 'cut': ts = datetime.datetime.now().strftime("%Y-%m-%d/%H_%M_%S") print(ts) sys.stdout.flush()