grep'ng for 'string' in bigip.conf

Try using perl, cut and paste this code to a file (eg. /tmp/mygrep.pl) and make sure the executable bit is set (eg. chmod a+x /tmp/mygrep.pl)

 

 

  
  !/usr/bin/perl  
  use strict;  
    
  my ($File, $Pattern) = @ARGV;  
  my $buf;  
    
  open (fh, $File) || die "Cant open $File";  
  {  
  local $/;  
  $buf=;  
  }  
  close (fh);  
    
  while ($buf =~ /([^\n]*\{[^\{]*$Pattern[^\}]*\})/sg){  
  print "$1\n---\n";  
  }  
  

 

 

Sample:

 

  
  [root@bigip:Active] config  /tmp/mygrep.pl /config/bigip.conf http-xff  
  virtual vip1.80 {  
      pool vip1.80  
      destination aaa.bbb.ccc.ddd:http  
      ip protocol tcp  
      rules SNAT2VIP  
      profiles  
         http-xff  
         tcp-lan-optimized  
            serverside  
         tcp-wan-optimized  
            clientside  
      persist source_addr_30min  
   }  
  ---  
   virtual vip-2.80 {  
      pool vip-2.80  
      destination mmm.nnn.ooo.ppp:http  
      ip protocol tcp  
      rules SNAT2VIP  
      profiles  
         http-xff  
         tcp-lan-optimized  
            serverside  
         tcp-wan-optimized  
            clientside  
      persist source_addr_30min  
   }  
  ---  
    
  [root@bigip:Active] config  /tmp/mygrep.pl /config/bigip.conf password  
  user root {  
     password crypt "[cut]"  
  }  
  ---  
  user admin {  
     password crypt "[cut]"  
     description "Admin User"  
     group [cut]  
     home "[cut]"  
     shell "[cut]"  
     role administrator in all  
  }  
  ---  
  user f5emsvr {  
     password crypt "[cut]"  
     description "F5 EM Service Account"  
     id [cut]  
     group [cut]  
     home "[cut]"  
     shell "[cut]"  
     role guest in all  
  }  
  ---  
  configsync {  
     password crypt "[cut]"  
  }  
  ---  
    
  

 

 

It's not well tested, use it at your own risk and on dev machine first.