#!/usr/bin/env python """This displays uptime information using uptime. This is redundant perhaps, but it demonstrates expecting for a regular expression that uses subgroups. """ import pexpect import re # There are many different styles of uptime results. # I try to parse them all. Yeee! # # [x86] Linux 2.4 (Redhat 7.3) # 2:06pm up 63 days, 18 min, 3 users, load average: 0.32, 0.08, 0.02 # [x86] Linux 2.4.18-14 (Redhat 8.0) # 3:07pm up 29 min, 1 user, load average: 2.44, 2.51, 1.57 # [PPC - G4] MacOS X 10.1 SERVER Edition # 2:11PM up 3 days, 13:50, 3 users, load averages: 0.01, 0.00, 0.00 # [Sparc - R220] Sun Solaris (8) # 2:13pm up 22 min(s), 1 user, load average: 0.02, 0.01, 0.01 # [x86] Linux 2.4.18-14 (Redhat 8) # 11:36pm up 4 days, 17:58, 1 user, load average: 0.03, 0.01, 0.00 # AIX jwdir 2 5 0001DBFA4C00 # 09:43AM up 23:27, 1 user, load average: 0.49, 0.32, 0.23 # This parses uptime output into the major groups using # regex group matching. p = pexpect.spawn ('uptime') p.expect('up\s+(.*?),\s+([0-9]+) users?,\s+load averages?: ([0-9]+\.[0-9][0-9]), ([0-9]+\.[0-9][0-9]), ([0-9]+\.[0-9][0-9])') match = p.match duration, users, av1, av5, av15 = match.groups() # The duration is a little harder to parse because of all the different # styles of uptime. I'm sure there is a way to do this all at once with # one single regex, but I bet it would be hard to read and maintain. # If anyone wants to send me a version using a single regex I'd be # happy to see it. days = '0' if 'day' in duration: match = re.search('([0-9]+)\s+day',duration) days = match.group(1) hours = '0:0' if ':' in duration: match = re.search('([0-9]+:[0-9]+)',duration) hours = match.group(1) mins = '0' if 'min' in duration: match = re.search('([0-9]+)\s+min',duration) mins = match.group(1) # Print the parsed fields in CSV format. print 'days, hours, minutes, users, cpu avg 1 min, cpu avg 5 min, cpu avg 15 min' print '%s, %s, %s, %s, %s, %s, %s' % (days, hours, mins, users, av1, av5, av15)