Find launch messages in nessusd.messages file.

nessusd_message_parser.py

#!/usr/bin/env python3

import sys
import re


# Define regular expressions for the nessusd.messages format.
#
# Launching
# [Wed Mar 31 09:19:34 2021][5372.0][user=nessususer][name= scan name  FULL DEBUG][JOB_UUID=94613384-4ad4-655a-6f52-00e87dc0f9a8a640e3918796fe3d][target=10.210.1.10][plugin=vmware_multiple_vmsa_2008_0008.nasl][plugin_id=32503] : Launching
launch_re = re.compile(r'^\[(.*?)\].*\[target=(.*?)\]\[plugin=(.*?)\]\[plugin_id=.*?\] : Launching$')


def parse_line(line):
    m = launch_re.match(line)
    if m is not None:
        date, target, plugin = m.groups()
        print('Launching {0} against {1} at {2}\n'.format(plugin, target, date))


if __name__ == '__main__':
    if len(sys.argv) != 2:
        print('{0} path/to/file'.format(sys.argv[0]))
        sys.exit(1)

    for line in open(sys.argv[1]):
        line = line.strip()

        if line == '':
            continue
        if line.startswith('#'):
            continue

        parse_line(line)