[TriPython] Recommendation for Python programming for System Administrators

[Devin Ceartas]

I highly recommend this book. It's language agnostic and if you take the 
time to fully grasp it will change the way you think about regular 
expressions for ever, giving you deeper understanding:

http://www.amazon.com/Mastering-Regular-Expressions-Jeffrey-Friedl/dp/0596528124

-- devin

On 9 Jul 2015, at 19:03, Errol Casey wrote:

> I came across the "Automate the Boring Stuff with Python"  book, 
> after
> posting to the list :-)
> I've been reading through the online version, and watching the youtube
> videos.
> Biggest challenge right now, is parsing sudoers files. I posted a 
> related
> email this week.
> I've been able to get parts done with ksh and PERL, but not a complete
> solution. So, after watching
> the videos, I'm going to try and use regex in python. should be able 
> to do
> the same thing in PERL -- but
> wasn't able to master the pattern to get just what I want. I was 
> creating
> to many false positive matches.
> I'm working on a number of tasks dealing with collected password , 
> shadow
> , sudoer, groups, and other files
> for auditing expiration, users,and privileges.
> So, I think I need to study and try and apply the reexp examples from
> "Automate the Boring Stuff with Python". As well, as dig into the
> documentation for re module.
> Any other suggestions appreciated. I'm glad this new python text came 
> out.
> I'm really impressed with it. Surprised, a beginning book can go into
> regex. But, Al, does a great job.
> On Thu, Jul 9, 2015 at 9:27 AM, Jeff Trawick <[1]trawick at gmail.com> 
> wrote:
>
>      On 07/08/2015 07:13 PM, Errol Casey wrote:
>
>       I'm interested in getting recommendations for learning/using 
> python
>   as a
>       system administrator.
>
>      Can you provide some ideas about what you might want to do with
>   Python in
>      the area of system administration?  I suspect that you'd be 
> better
>   off
>      learning generic Python then searching out specific help 
> (questions
>   here
>      or on another list, blog articles, existing libraries on
>   [2]pypi.python.org
>      that handle much of your problem, etc.; probably not books) for
>   system
>      administration problems you need to solve.
>
>      A possible compromise:Â  "Automate the Boring Stuff with 
> Python" is a
>   new
>      book "for total beginners" that teaches Python and guides the 
> reader
>      through a number of "task automation" topics.  Many but not 
> all of
>   the
>      topics are relevant to system administration.  However, they 
> might
>   not map
>      closely to anything specific you might have in mind.
>
>       I have found to books but both are a few years old, so thought 
> I
>   would ask
>       the group if
>       there were others that are more recent, or if there are good
>   examples
>       online for admins.
>
>       I support AIX, Solaris, and Linux systems.
>
>       The books I've found but fear are two old are :
>
>       [1]Python for Unix and Linux System Administration
>
>      Pro Python System Administration (Expert's Voice in Open 
> Source)
>   Paperback –
>                                     July 25, 2010
>
>       --
>       Errol Casey
>       [[1]2][3]errol at askerrol.org
>
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