New parser request: 'ip -a' results

[marcuoli]

It would be very nice to have a 'ip -a' parser as ifconfig is not installed by default anymore on newer versions of Linux.

btw, a parser for ipconfig (windows) would be great as well (using python to parse it).

Thanks !

[kellyjonbrazil]

Hi there - I have not written any ip parsers because the ip command supports JSON output by default. I can look into a Windows ipconfig parser.

[marcuoli]

Thanks, I see.

The question is, for example, I use it to parse ifconfig, ip a, ipconfig outputs from hosts I don't have access to. That's why 'ip -j a' doesn't work for me.

Either way, thanks a lot for the great software.

[jessejoe]

Hi there - I have not written any ip parsers because the ip command supports JSON output by default. I can look into a Windows ipconfig parser.

FYI iproute2 didn't add JSON output support until v4.14.1, which is not included in CentOS 7. CentOS 7 is still relatively ubiquitous and supported until June 2024.