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PSFletchTheTek
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Jul 01, 2022

Any python experts out there? - parsing tmsh list

Hi, For a documation exercise i'm trying to parse the output of "tmsh list" - it's been suggested that this is a good output to identify the config of the f5. I've choosen to use python as its nati...
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Jul 04, 2022

I do agree with you whole heartedly.
But the SDK runs off of the REST API from what i can work out. 
Unfortunately i need something i can run offline, with minial tools on the custmer environment.
The concept of the SDK from inside works brillantly, but i don't have control the environment i am working in.

So running tmsh list > /var/temp/list_output.txt for example and getting one of the sys admins send it to me works very nicely. 

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Jul 04, 2022

Meant to add, if there is any other way i can get this offline and get the sdk to process that file that would be awesome. It's the offline bit that i think is the struggle here