get_ips_from_nessus.py

import sys
from pathlib import Path
import lxml.etree as et

if len(sys.argv) < 1:
    print("usage: [script].py nessusfile.nessus")
    sys.exit(1)

file = sys.argv[1]

#if isinstance(file, str):
#    file_path = Path(file)
#    content = file_path.read_text()#
#else:
#    content = file.read().decode("utf-8")
#    file.close()

# tree = et.fromstring(content)

p = et.XMLParser(huge_tree=True)
tree = et.parse(file, parser=p)

for elem in tree.xpath("//tag"):
    if elem.attrib.get('name', None):
        if elem.attrib.get('name') == 'host-ip':
            print(elem.text)