Well, if you're looking to extract the IP & mask you could use a regEx. They're not tooooo bad....
If it's only that line that you're extracting, and it's format doesn't change import re pattern='ifconfig_fxp0="inet (?P<ip>*.?) netmask (?P<mask>*.?)" reObj=re.compile(pattern, IGNORECASE) jay = os.popen("grep ifconfig_fxp0 /etc/rc.conf").readlines() matches=reObj.search(jay[0]) ip = matches.group('ip') netmask =matches.group('mask') #You can then do your string splits, whatever now. HTH Liam Clarke regExs, can be your friends. If you KISS. On Mon, 17 Jan 2005 11:05:59 -0800 (PST), Chad Crabtree <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I can't really think of a more elegant solution than what you have, > maybe regex's but I hate those. You *can* reduce the number of lines > by > two, and there was a variable you never used. > HTH > Eric L. Howard wrote: > > >The following block of code works, and provides the necessary output > I'm > >looking for...but I have a feeling that it's working through sheer > brute > >force and could be better: > > > > insideipgrepfd = os.popen("grep ifconfig_fxp0 /etc/rc.conf") > > insideipgrep = insideipgrepfd.readlines() > > > > > insideipgrep=os.popen("grep ifconfig_fxp0 /etc/rc.conf").readlines() > > > insideipfield, insideip = > string.split(string.strip(insideipgrep[0]), "=") > > > > > insideip = string.split(string.strip(insideipgrep[0]), "=")[1] > > > insideipsplit = string.split(insideip, " ") > > insideipquads = string.split(insideipsplit[1], ".") > > insidemaskquads = string.split(insideipsplit[4], ".") > > > > > insideipquads=string.split(string.split(insideip, " ")[1],".") > insidemaskquads = string.split(string.split(insideip, " ")[4], ".") > > >the line in /etc/rc.conf looks like: > > > >ifconfig_fxp0="inet 172.31.2.100 netmask 255.255.255.0" > > > >Any and all thoughts/pointers are appreciated. > > > > ~elh > > > > > > > > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Meet the all-new My Yahoo! - Try it today! > http://my.yahoo.com > > > _______________________________________________ > Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor > -- 'There is only one basic human right, and that is to do as you damn well please. And with it comes the only basic human duty, to take the consequences. _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor