import subprocess import re import time disks = ['sda', 'sdb', 'sdc', 'sdd'] # List of disks to monitor while True: cmd = "iostat -xk 1 2 " + " ".join(disks) process = subprocess.Popen(cmd, shell=True, stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.PIPE) output, _ = process.communicate() lines = output.decode().split('\n') disk_info = {} current_disk = '' for line in lines: if line.startswith('Device'): headers = re.findall(r'\S+', line) elif line.startswith(tuple(disks)): io_data = re.findall(r'\S+', line) if len(io_data) >= len(headers): current_disk = io_data[0] disk_info[current_disk] = {headers[i]: io_data[i] for i in range(1, len(headers))} for disk in disks: if disk in disk_info: read_bytes = disk_info[disk].get('rkB/s', '0.00') write_bytes = disk_info[disk].get('wkB/s', '0.00') if float(read_bytes) > 0 or float(write_bytes) > 0: print(f"R/W activity detected on /dev/{disk}:") print(f"Read bytes: {read_bytes}, Write bytes: {write_bytes}") time.sleep(1) # Adjust the frequency of checking disk activity (1 second in this example)