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I think what you are looking for is rxplot.

This will produce a strip chart that updates for you while ROS is running. It can also be used with playback.

For pure playback, you can use rxbag. rxbag is also slightly more extensible than rxplot, and you can right plugins for visualizing any application specific data you may need.

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