A script to classify WLAN AP data from "iwlist scan" output

read-iwlist-scan.py

import sys

if len(sys.argv) < 2:
    exit(1)

file = sys.argv[1]

cells = []
new_cell = {}
f = open(file)
for line in f.readlines():
    line = line.strip()
    if line.startswith("Cell"):
        if(len(new_cell) > 0):
            cells.append(new_cell)
        new_cell = {}
        new_cell['number'] = line.split()[1]
        new_cell['mac'] = line.split()[4]
    elif line.startswith("Channel"):
        new_cell['channel'] = line.split(":")[1]
    elif line.startswith("Frequency"):
        new_cell['frequency'] = line.split(":")[1]
    elif line.startswith("ESSID"):
        new_cell['essid'] = line.split(":")[1]
    elif line.startswith("Quality"):
        new_cell['quality'] = (line.split("=")[1]).split(" ")[0]
        new_cell['signal'] = line.split("=")[2]

for cell in cells:
    print cell