this should fix a difficulty with parsing vasp forces

utility/watch_server/watch_server.py

@@ -117,6 +117,10 @@ def read_output_influx(log):
                         for aindex, label in then_do:
                             the_value = (line.split())[aindex-1]
                             the_value = re.sub(r':',r'',the_value)
+                            #case where vasp runs force into its error value
+                            fmatch = re.search(r'([-\dEe\.]+)\[.*', the_value)
+                            if fmatch:
+                                the_value = fmatch.group(1)
                             print "{} {}".format(label, the_value)
                             influx_point = ("{},user_name={},code={},"
                                             "job_name={},host={} value={} {}\n"