A Python script can run in non-interactive mode by providing the Python script name as an argument to the Python CLI command.
Python scripts must be placed under the bootflash or volatile scheme. A maximum of 32 command-line arguments for the Python
script are allowed with the Python CLI command.
The Cisco Nexus 3500 platform switches also support the source CLI command for running Python scripts. The bootflash:scripts directory is the default script directory for the source CLI command.
This example shows the script first and then executing it. Saving is like bringing any file to the bootflash.
switch# show file bootflash:scripts/deltaCounters.py
#!/isan/bin/python3
from cli import *
import sys, time
ifName = sys.argv[1]
delay = float(sys.argv[2])
count = int(sys.argv[3])
cmd = 'show interface ' + ifName + ' counters'
out = json.loads(clid(cmd))
rxuc = int(out['TABLE_rx_counters']['ROW_rx_counters'][0]['eth_inucast'])
rxmc = int(out['TABLE_rx_counters']['ROW_rx_counters'][1]['eth_inmcast'])
rxbc = int(out['TABLE_rx_counters']['ROW_rx_counters'][1]['eth_inbcast'])
txuc = int(out['TABLE_tx_counters']['ROW_tx_counters'][0]['eth_outucast'])
txmc = int(out['TABLE_tx_counters']['ROW_tx_counters'][1]['eth_outmcast'])
txbc = int(out['TABLE_tx_counters']['ROW_tx_counters'][1]['eth_outbcast'])
print ('row rx_ucast rx_mcast rx_bcast tx_ucast tx_mcast tx_bcast')
print ('=========================================================')
print (' %8d %8d %8d %8d %8d %8d' % (rxuc, rxmc, rxbc, txuc, txmc, txbc))
print ('=========================================================')
i = 0
while (i < count):
time.sleep(delay)
out = json.loads(clid(cmd))
rxucNew = int(out['TABLE_rx_counters']['ROW_rx_counters'][0]['eth_inucast'])
rxmcNew = int(out['TABLE_rx_counters']['ROW_rx_counters'][1]['eth_inmcast'])
rxbcNew = int(out['TABLE_rx_counters']['ROW_rx_counters'][1]['eth_inbcast'])
txucNew = int(out['TABLE_tx_counters']['ROW_tx_counters'][0]['eth_outucast'])
txmcNew = int(out['TABLE_tx_counters']['ROW_tx_counters'][1]['eth_outmcast'])
txbcNew = int(out['TABLE_tx_counters']['ROW_tx_counters'][1]['eth_outbcast'])
i += 1
print ('%-3d %8d %8d %8d %8d %8d %8d' % (i, rxucNew - rxuc, rxmcNew - rxmc, rxbcNew - rxbc, txucNew - txuc, txmcNew - txmc, txbcNew - txbc))
switch# python bootflash:scripts/deltaCounters.py mgmt0 1 5
row rx_ucast rx_mcast rx_bcast tx_ucast tx_mcast tx_bcast
=========================================================
291 8233 1767 185 57 2
=========================================================
1 1 4 1 1 0 0
2 2 5 1 2 0 0
3 3 9 1 3 0 0
4 4 12 1 4 0 0
5 5 17 1 5 0 0
switch#
The following example shows how a source command specifies command-line arguments. In the example, policy-map is an argument to the cgrep python script. The example also shows that a source command can follow the pipe operator ("|").
switch# show running-config | source sys/cgrep policy-map
policy-map type network-qos nw-pfc
policy-map type network-qos no-drop-2
policy-map type network-qos wred-policy
policy-map type network-qos pause-policy
policy-map type qos foo
policy-map type qos classify
policy-map type qos cos-based
policy-map type qos no-drop-2
policy-map type qos pfc-tor-port
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