takes a directoyr passed as an argument, if provided, and iterates over the lines of all the files found parsing
out data to create a dictionary of device data.
The files are assumed to be output from "show cdp neig detail".
The files are assumed to be named r*.txt or s*.txt
If no directory is provided as an argument a default directory is chosen
'''
import glob
import sys
import pyfornet as pfn
import pprint as pp
data_file_directory = '/home/steve/dev/python-for-networkers/datafiles' # set default dir
if len(sys.argv) == 2:
data_file_directory = sys.argv[1]
if data_file_directory.endswith('/'):
data_file_directory += '[rs]*.txt'
else:
data_file_directory += '/[rs]*.txt'
file_list = glob.glob(data_file_directory)
dict = pfn.build_dev_dict(file_list)
pp.pprint(dict)
IOS (tm) C2950 Software (C2950-I6Q4L2-M), Version 12.1(22)EA8a, RELEASE SOFTWARE (fc1) Copyright (c) 1986-2006 by cisco Systems, Inc. Compiled Fri 28-Jul-06 15:16 by weiliu advertisement version: 2 Protocol Hello: OUI=0x00000C, Protocol ID=0x0112; payload len=27, value=00000000FFFFFFFF010221FF0000000000000019E845CE80FF0000 VTP Management Domain: '' Native VLAN: 1 Duplex: full''' r5_scnd = '''R5>show cdp neighbors detail ------------------------- Device ID: SW1 Entry address(es): IP address: 10.1.1.22 Platform: cisco WS-C2950-24, Capabilities: Switch IGMP Interface: FastEthernet1, Port ID (outgoing port): FastEthernet0/15 Holdtime : 145 sec Version : Cisco Internetwork Operating System Software IOS (tm) C2950 Software (C2950-I6Q4L2-M), Version 12.1(22)EA8a, RELEASE SOFTWARE (fc1) Copyright (c) 1986-2006 by cisco Systems, Inc. Compiled Fri 28-Jul-06 15:16 by weiliu advertisement version: 2 Protocol Hello: OUI=0x00000C, Protocol ID=0x0112; payload len=27, value=00000000FFFFFFFF010221FF0000000000000019E845CE80FF0000 VTP Management Domain: '' Native VLAN: 1 Duplex: full''' dev_dict = pfn.build_dev_dict([sw1_scnd, r1_scnd, r2_scnd, r3_scnd, r4_scnd, r5_scnd]) pp.pprint(dev_dict)