ashttp provide a simple way to expose any shell command by HTTP. For example, to expose top by HTTP, try : ashttp -p8080 top ; then try http://localhost:8080.
Dependencies
ashttp depends on hl_vt100, a headless VT100 emulator.
To get and compile hl_vt100 :
$ git clone https://github.com/JulienPalard/vt100-emulator.git
$ aptitude install python-dev
$ make python_module
$ python setup.py install
Usage
ashttp can serve any text application over HTTP, like :
$ ashttp -p 8080 top
$ ashttp -p 8080 watch -n 1 ls -lah /tmp
to serve an actualized directory listing of /tmp