patch-parser.py

#!/usr/bin/env python

from __future__ import print_function

"""
Shitty script to parse individual files containing a json type salt-ssh output to a yum -q check-update command.
CSV is generated with the id taken from a list and each of packages marked to be udpated
"""

import os
import sys
import json
import argparse

if __name__ == '__main__':

    try:
        basedir = sys.argv[1]
    except IndexError:
        basedir = '.'
        
    f_list = open("serv_patch_list.txt", "r")
    for container in f_list:

        patch_f = open("patch_lists/{}_patches.txt".format(container.rstrip()), "r")
        data = json.loads(patch_f.read())

        for key,value in data.items():
            if value['retcode'] == 100:
                for line in value['stdout'].splitlines():
                    if 'password' in line:
                        continue
                    elif line.rstrip() == '':
                        continue
                    else:
                        print("{},".format(key) + ",".join(line.split()))
            else:
                print(value['stderr'])