I've done little with Ciscos, but what if you use individual things like "show ip ospf", "show ip rip database", etc. instead of "show ip route". Does that makes things a little more consistent?
Often big problems are simpler if we can divide them into smaller, more manageable subproblems. On Sun, Mar 4, 2012 at 4:20 PM, Antgoodlife <antgoodl...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi All, > > Long time reader, first time poster. I'm trying to parse the output > of the SHOW IP ROUTE command from a cisco router (It's a 3800 Series > IOS 12.4 although almost all should have same output format) and put > it into a CSV format to import into a database or spreadsheet. > While we of course have Static / Connected routes, we also have lots > of dynamic routing coming in via OSPF, BGP, RIP, etc... > > The output of the command is easy enough for me to get into text files > via parimiko (on that, does this module or equivalent work on Python 3 > yet?) .. it's just tough to present the data into a csv or tabbed > format. > > To me, although I've done similar things in the past, it's a fairly > brutal output format to parse up. I was about to post some sample > input, but I am even having a hard time sanitizing the IP's for use on > this forum (Any utility for that?) as it's filled with IP addresses > that I cannot share. I'd love some python module if anyone has an > idea where I can get it? > > Perl does seem to have something similar : > > http://cpansearch.perl.org/src/MARKPF/Cisco-ShowIPRoute-Parser-1.02/Parser.pm > however, I'd like to keep it in python... > > Mainly, did someone already do this so I don't have to reinvent this > wheel (which probably won't roll straight)? > > Thanks in advance, and hopefully I've given enough information.. I've > been trying to parse it for about 9 hours... but the script get's > worse and worse as I keep finding flaws in my logic. > -- > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list >
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