Cisco Show Power Inline command with Ansible

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Hi There,

I have a request to match a specific line in output of show power inline command below, mainly I need to extract line number 4 from below:

DP-M-R4-C9K#sh power inline

Module Available Used Remaining
(Watts) (Watts) (Watts)

1 490.0 0.0 490.0
Interface Admin Oper Power Device Class Max
(Watts)

Tw1/0/1 auto off 0.0 n/a n/a 60.0
Tw1/0/2 auto off 0.0 n/a n/a 60.0
Tw1/0/3 auto off 0.0 n/a n/a 60.0
Tw1/0/4 auto off 0.0 n/a n/a 60.0
Tw1/0/5 auto off 0.0 n/a n/a 60.0
Tw1/0/6 auto off 0.0 n/a n/a 60.0
Tw1/0/7 auto off 0.0 n/a n/a 60.0
Tw1/0/8 auto off 0.0 n/a n/a 60.0
Tw1/0/9 auto off 0.0 n/a n/a 60.0
Tw1/0/10 auto off 0.0 n/a n/a 60.0
Tw1/0/11 auto off 0.0 n/a n/a 60.0
Tw1/0/12 auto off 0.0 n/a n/a 60.0
Tw1/0/13 auto off 0.0 n/a n/a 60.0
Tw1/0/14 auto off 0.0 n/a n/a 60.0
Tw1/0/15 auto off 0.0 n/a n/a 60.0
Interface Admin Oper Power Device Class Max
(Watts)

Tw1/0/16 auto off 0.0 n/a n/a 60.0
Tw1/0/17 auto off 0.0 n/a n/a 60.0
Tw1/0/18 auto off 0.0 n/a n/a 60.0
Tw1/0/19 auto off 0.0 n/a n/a 60.0
Tw1/0/20 auto off 0.0 n/a n/a 60.0
Tw1/0/21 auto off 0.0 n/a n/a 60.0
Tw1/0/22 auto off 0.0 n/a n/a 60.0
Tw1/0/23 auto off 0.0 n/a n/a 60.0
Tw1/0/24 auto off 0.0 n/a n/a 60.0
Tw1/0/25 auto off 0.0 n/a n/a 60.0
Tw1/0/26 auto off 0.0 n/a n/a 60.0
Tw1/0/27 auto off 0.0 n/a n/a 60.0
Tw1/0/28 auto off 0.0 n/a n/a 60.0
Tw1/0/29 auto off 0.0 n/a n/a 60.0
Tw1/0/30 auto off 0.0 n/a n/a 60.0
Tw1/0/31 auto off 0.0 n/a n/a 60.0
Tw1/0/32 auto off 0.0 n/a n/a 60.0
Tw1/0/33 auto off 0.0 n/a n/a 60.0
Tw1/0/34 auto off 0.0 n/a n/a 60.0
Tw1/0/35 auto off 0.0 n/a n/a 60.0
Tw1/0/36 auto off 0.0 n/a n/a 60.0
Te1/0/37 auto off 0.0 n/a n/a 60.0
Interface Admin Oper Power Device Class Max
(Watts)

Te1/0/38 auto off 0.0 n/a n/a 60.0
Te1/0/39 auto off 0.0 n/a n/a 60.0
Te1/0/40 auto off 0.0 n/a n/a 60.0
Te1/0/41 auto off 0.0 n/a n/a 60.0
Te1/0/42 auto off 0.0 n/a n/a 60.0
Te1/0/43 auto off 0.0 n/a n/a 60.0
Te1/0/44 auto off 0.0 n/a n/a 60.0
Te1/0/45 auto off 0.0 n/a n/a 60.0
Te1/0/46 auto off 0.0 n/a n/a 60.0
Te1/0/47 auto off 0.0 n/a n/a 60.0
Te1/0/48 auto off 0.0 n/a n/a 60.0

Assistance is appreciated.

Michael

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Hi,

I wrote a parser that will take the output and add it to a dictionary. I’ve tested it on a C3850 but you can try it and see if it works on your device. You may need to modify it to work with your switch (Nexus?). If your interested I’ll put it up on GitHub and provide the link.

Spiro