Python and csv help
- by user353064
I'm trying to create this script that will check the computer host name then search a master list for the value to return a corresponding value in the csv file. Then open another file and do a find an replace. I know this should be easy but haven't done so much in python before. Here is what I have so far...
masterlist.txt (tab delimited)
Name UID
Bob-Smith.local bobs
Carmen-Jackson.local carmenj
David-Kathman.local davidk
Jenn-Roberts.local jennr
Here is the script that I have created thus far
#GET CLIENT HOST NAME
import socket
host = socket.gethostname()
print host
#IMPORT MASTER DATA
import csv, sys
filename = "masterlist.txt"
reader = csv.reader(open(filename, "rU"))
#PRINT MASTER DATA
for row in reader:
print row
#SEARCH ON HOSTNAME AND RETURN UID
#REPLACE VALUE IN FILE WITH UID
#import fileinput
#for line in fileinput.FileInput("filetoreplace",inplace=1):
# line = line.replace("replacethistext","UID")
# print line
Right now, it's just set to print the master list. I'm not sure if the list needs to be parsed and placed into a dictionary or what. I really need to figure out how to search the first field for the hostname and then return the field in the second column.
Thanks in advance for your help,
Aaron
