jquery detecting file change and displaying it

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I have a text file that is modified by different python scripts, and I want to create a jquery function that detects each change in that file and to display that change in an initially empty html div

<div id="logtext"> </div>

using

document.getElementById('logtext').innerHTML= new_content_of_the_file;

( something similar to displaying a logfile ) how can I do that?

nicholaswmin · Accepted Answer · 2015-03-26 17:41:49Z

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You can also use HTML like this:

var content = data_from_python;
$("#logtext").html(content);

The difference between HTML and append() function is that HTML replaces the content of your div. It's the equivalent of innerHTML while append just adds content to the end of an element.

Here is a reference on this topic:
.append()
.html()

edited Mar 26, 2015 at 17:41

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David Kmenta · Accepted Answer · 2015-03-26 15:48:24Z

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Is this what you are looking for?

$('#logtext').append('<p>' + resultMessage + '</p>');

answered Mar 26, 2015 at 15:48

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Bryant Miano Over a year ago

Since it looks like he is appending JSON data, I would use <pre> tags for better formatting.

Wahyu Kodar · Accepted Answer · 2015-03-26 15:49:17Z

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you can use append or html like this:

$("#logtext").append("to do");

answered Mar 26, 2015 at 15:49

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