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Input parameters
String cmd
The name of the command to execute.
String line_patt
The line pattern for which to search in the result from that command's
execution.
Number after_line
The number of lines after which the search for the information pattern stops.
String info_patt
The information pattern for which to search in each line from the result of the
command.
Return values
String filterCommand
Returns the contents of the dictionary object as a single string.
filterFile()
Reads and filters the contents of a file to a scripting dictionary object.
Purpose
This function reads each line of the file and passes each line with the search
pattern to the “getFirstMatch()” on page 121 function. If it returns a match and the
line does not already exist in the dictionary object, the line is written to the
dictionary object. The function loops until the end of the file is reached and then
returns the dictionary object.
Syntax
filterFile(fileName, patt)
Input parameters
String fileName
The file to be filtered.
String patt
The pattern for which to search in each line in the file.
Return values
Dictionary dic.keys
Returns the
dic
dictionary object with the filtered lines from the file.
findNewest()
Finds the latest configuration file in an array.
Purpose
This function loops through the array and determines which file in the array is the
latest configuration file. It returns the name of the file.
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