[SOLVED] Python ciscoconfparse to find shutdown interfaces and the whole interface block?

Python ciscoconfparse to find shutdown interfaces and the whole interface block?

The following examples will use this configuration which is taken from http://pennington.net/tutorial/ciscoconfparse/ccp_tutorial.html#slide3

! filename:exampleswitch.conf
!
hostname ExampleSwitch
!
interface GigabitEthernet 1/1
 switchport mode trunk
 shutdown
!
interface GigabitEthernet 1/2
 switchport mode access
 switchport access vlan 20
 switchport nonegotiate
 no cdp enable
!
interface GigabitEthernet 1/3
 no switchport
 ip address 192.0.2.1 255.255.255.0

This is the code which is also taken from http://pennington.net/tutorial/ciscoconfparse/ccp_tutorial.html#slide7

from ciscoconfparse import CiscoConfParse

parse = CiscoConfParse('exampleswitch.conf', syntax='ios')

for intf_obj in parse.find_objects_w_child('^interface', '^\s+shutdown'):
    print("Shutdown: " + intf_obj.text)

Output

$ python script.py 
Shutdown: interface GigabitEthernet 1/1
$

The code is working just fine. But instead of just displaying Shutdown: interface GigabitEthernet 1/1, would it be possible to display the whole interface GigabitEthernet 1/1 block in the output which is:

interface GigabitEthernet 1/1
 switchport mode trunk
 shutdown

Solution

I guess what you are looking for is find_blocks.

find_blocks(linespec, exactmatch=False, ignore_ws=False). Find all siblings matching the linespec, then find all parents of those siblings. Return a list of config lines sorted by line number, lowest first

Have a look at the Ciscoconfparse API Documentation which includes an Example.

So I guess it would look something like this:

from ciscoconfparse import CiscoConfParse

parse = CiscoConfParse('exampleswitch.conf', syntax='ios')

for intf_obj in parse.find_blocks(r'^\sshutdown'):
      print(intf_obj)