diff --git a/client/experimental_lib/00make_swig.sh b/client/experimental_lib/00make_swig.sh
index 6c752d024..626a87986 100755
--- a/client/experimental_lib/00make_swig.sh
+++ b/client/experimental_lib/00make_swig.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
-swig -lua -o ../src/pm3_luawrap.c ../src/pm3.i
-swig -python -o ../src/pm3_pywrap.c ../src/pm3.i
+cd ..
+make src/pm3_luawrap.c
+make src/pm3_pywrap.c
diff --git a/client/experimental_lib/CMakeLists.txt b/client/experimental_lib/CMakeLists.txt
index 454e08e00..2bc02fd4b 100644
--- a/client/experimental_lib/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/client/experimental_lib/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -455,7 +455,6 @@ else (SKIPWHEREAMISYSTEM EQUAL 1)
         message(STATUS "Whereami library:  system library not found, using local library")
     endif (WHEREAMI_FOUND)
 endif (SKIPWHEREAMISYSTEM EQUAL 1)
-message(STATUS "===================================================================")
 
 # Lua SWIG
 if (EXISTS ${PM3_ROOT}/client/src/pm3_luawrap.c)
@@ -463,7 +462,7 @@ if (EXISTS ${PM3_ROOT}/client/src/pm3_luawrap.c)
             ${PM3_ROOT}/client/src/pm3_luawrap.c
             ${TARGET_SOURCES})
     add_definitions(-DHAVE_LUA_SWIG)
-    message("Lua SWIG wrapper found")
+    message(STATUS "Lua SWIG:          wrapper found")
 endif (EXISTS ${PM3_ROOT}/client/src/pm3_luawrap.c)
 
 # Python SWIG
@@ -474,10 +473,11 @@ if (NOT SKIPPYTHON EQUAL 1)
                     ${PM3_ROOT}/client/src/pm3_pywrap.c
                     ${TARGET_SOURCES})
             add_definitions(-DHAVE_PYTHON_SWIG)
-            message("Python SWIG wrapper found")
+            message(STATUS "Python SWIG:       wrapper found")
         endif (EXISTS ${PM3_ROOT}/client/src/pm3_pywrap.c)
     endif (PYTHON3EMBED_FOUND OR PYTHON3_FOUND)
 endif (NOT SKIPPYTHON EQUAL 1)
+message(STATUS "===================================================================")
 
 add_library(pm3rrg_rdv4 SHARED
         ${PM3_ROOT}/client/src/proxmark3.c
diff --git a/client/experimental_lib/example_py/02run_test_grab_interactive.sh b/client/experimental_lib/example_py/02run_test_grab_interactive.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..d7dd7dd16
--- /dev/null
+++ b/client/experimental_lib/example_py/02run_test_grab_interactive.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+PYTHONPATH=../../src ipython3 -i ./test_grab.py
diff --git a/client/experimental_lib/example_py/output_grabber.py b/client/experimental_lib/example_py/output_grabber.py
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..ad405c9d9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/client/experimental_lib/example_py/output_grabber.py
@@ -0,0 +1,78 @@
+import os
+import sys
+import threading
+import time
+
+# From https://stackoverflow.com/a/29834357
+class OutputGrabber(object):
+    """
+    Class used to grab standard output or another stream.
+    """
+    escape_char = "\b"
+
+    def __init__(self, stream=None, threaded=False):
+        self.origstream = stream
+        self.threaded = threaded
+        if self.origstream is None:
+            self.origstream = sys.stdout
+        self.origstreamfd = self.origstream.fileno()
+        self.capturedtext = ""
+        # Create a pipe so the stream can be captured:
+        self.pipe_out, self.pipe_in = os.pipe()
+
+    def __enter__(self):
+        self.start()
+        return self
+
+    def __exit__(self, type, value, traceback):
+        self.stop()
+
+    def start(self):
+        """
+        Start capturing the stream data.
+        """
+        self.capturedtext = ""
+        # Save a copy of the stream:
+        self.streamfd = os.dup(self.origstreamfd)
+        # Replace the original stream with our write pipe:
+        os.dup2(self.pipe_in, self.origstreamfd)
+        if self.threaded:
+            # Start thread that will read the stream:
+            self.workerThread = threading.Thread(target=self.readOutput)
+            self.workerThread.start()
+            # Make sure that the thread is running and os.read() has executed:
+            time.sleep(0.01)
+
+    def stop(self):
+        """
+        Stop capturing the stream data and save the text in `capturedtext`.
+        """
+        # Print the escape character to make the readOutput method stop:
+        self.origstream.write(self.escape_char)
+        # Flush the stream to make sure all our data goes in before
+        # the escape character:
+        self.origstream.flush()
+        if self.threaded:
+            # wait until the thread finishes so we are sure that
+            # we have until the last character:
+            self.workerThread.join()
+        else:
+            self.readOutput()
+        # Close the pipe:
+        os.close(self.pipe_in)
+        os.close(self.pipe_out)
+        # Restore the original stream:
+        os.dup2(self.streamfd, self.origstreamfd)
+        # Close the duplicate stream:
+        os.close(self.streamfd)
+
+    def readOutput(self):
+        """
+        Read the stream data (one byte at a time)
+        and save the text in `capturedtext`.
+        """
+        while True:
+            char = os.read(self.pipe_out,1).decode(self.origstream.encoding)
+            if not char or self.escape_char in char:
+                break
+            self.capturedtext += char
diff --git a/client/experimental_lib/example_py/test_grab.py b/client/experimental_lib/example_py/test_grab.py
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..7cec5a94f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/client/experimental_lib/example_py/test_grab.py
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+
+import pm3
+from output_grabber import OutputGrabber
+
+out = OutputGrabber()
+p=pm3.pm3("/dev/ttyACM1")
+print("Device:", p.name)
+with out:
+    p.console("hw status")
+for line in out.capturedtext.split('\n'):
+    if "Unique ID" in line:
+        print(line)