parse-lnstat.py

#!/usr/bin/env python
#
# Parse the output of lnstat(8) into something perhaps slightly
# human-readable.
#
# Can take input from a file or on stdin.

import sys

lnstat_output = open(sys.argv[1]) if len(sys.argv) >= 2 else sys.stdin
table = [line.split('|') for line in lnstat_output]

for i in xrange(len(table[0])):
    print " | ".join([row[i].strip() for row in table])