Decomposing Data Structures

Whether you are trying to find all the tenants in an ACI fabric, or all the interface IPs and descriptions on a network device, or trying to determine if the Earth is in imminent danger from an asteroid hurtling towards it, understanding complex data structures is a critical skill for anyone working with modern IT READ MORE

A quick example of using TextFSM to parse data from Cisco show commands – Python3 Version

As part of my ongoing effort to migrate everything over to Python 3, it’s time to show this “quick example” in Python 3. TextFSM is a powerful parsing tool (python module) developed by Google.    There are some great examples out there to get you started. Here are two I urge you to read if this READ MORE