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textfsm – Python module for parsing semi-structured text into Python tables

• imurray 13y ago
  Quick link into the introductory documentation: http://code.google.com/p/textfsm/wiki/TextFSMHowto http://code.google.com/p/textfsm/wiki/TextFSMHowto — one specifies a state machine in a text template file that can include regexes and has a simple "->" syntax for state transitions.
• mjburgess 13y ago
  > clitable I'm sure im not the only one that misread that.
• andrewcooke 13y ago
  INTO TABLES should be added to the title, because otherwise it's not clear how this differs from expect. to save others time - you could use it parsing things like the output from smartctl, or ifconfig.
  • hypnotist 13y ago
    you're right. But there is limitation on the title - 80 chars.
• agrover 13y ago
  On one hand, cool! On the other hand, uncool, if it encourages more people to have their programs interact with other programs via CLI parsing. We should be using APIs and libraries instead of working around the lack of them.