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NAME
opaxmlextract
(Linux) Extracts element values from XML input and outputs the data in CSV format.
opaxmlextract is intended to be used with opareport, to parse and filter its XML output,
and to allow the filtered output to be imported into other tools such as spreadsheets and
customer-written scripts. opaxmlextract can also be used with any well-formed XML stream
to extract element values into a delimited format.
Five sample scripts are available as prototypes for customized scripts. They combine
various calls to opareport with a call to opaxmlextract with commonly used parameters.
Syntax
opaxmlextract [-v][-H][-d delimiter][-e extract_element]
[-s suppress_element][-X input_file] [-P param_file]
Options
--help
Produces full help text.
-v/--verbose
Produces verbose output. Includes output progress reports during extraction and
output prepended wildcard characters on element names in output header record.
-H/--noheader
Does not output element name header record.
-d/--delimit delimiter
Uses single character or string as the delimiter between element names and
element values. Default is semicolon.
-e/--extract extract_element
Specifies the name of the XML element to extract. Elements can be nested in any
order, but are output in the order specified. Elements can be specified multiple
times, with a different attribute name or attribute value. An optional attribute
(or attribute and value) can also be specified with elements:
• -e element
• -e element:attrName
• -e element:attrName:attrValue
NOTE:
• Elements can be compound values separated by a dot. For example,
Switches.Node is a Node element contained within a Switches element.
• To output the attribute value as opposed to the element value, a
specification such as -e FIs.Node:id can be used. This will return the value
of the id attribute of any Node elements within FIs element.
• If desired, a specific element can be selected by its attribute value, such
as -e MulticastFDB.Value:LID:0xc000 which will return the value of the Value
element within Multicast FDB element where the Value element has an
attribute of LID with a value of 0xc000.
• A given element can be specified multiple times each with a different
AttrName or attrValue.
-s/--suppress suppress_element
Specifies the name of the XML element to suppress extraction. Can be used
multiple times (in any order). Supports the same syntax as -e.
-X/--infile input_file
Parses XML from input_file.
-P/--pfile param_file
Reads command parameters from param_file.
Example
Here is an example of opareport output filtered by opaxmlextract :
# opareport -o comps -s -x | opaxmlextract -d ; -e NodeDesc
-e SystemImageGUID -e NumPorts -s Neighbor
Getting All Node Records...
Done Getting All Node Records
Done Getting All Link Records
Done Getting All Cable Info Records
Done Getting All SM Info Records
Getting All Port Counters...
Done Getting All Port Counters
NodeDesc;SystemImageGUID;NumPorts
phs1fnivd13u07n4 hfi1_0;0x00117501016033c7;1
phs1fnivd13u07n2 hfi1_0;0x00117501016033ef;1
phs1fnivd13u07n1 hfi1_0;0x001175010160347a;1
phs1fnivd13u07n3 hfi1_0;0x0011750101603593;1
phs1swivd13u21;0x00117501ff6a5619;48
phs1fnivd13u07n1 hfi1_0;;
Details
opaxmlextract is a flexible and powerful tool to process an XML stream. The tool:
• Requires no specific element names to be present in the XML.
• Assumes no hierarchical relationship between elements.
• Allows extracted element values to be output in any order.
• Allows an element's value to be extracted only in the context of another specified
element.
• Allows extraction to be suppressed during the scope of specified elements.
opaxmlextract takes the XML input stream from either stdin or a specified input file.
opaxmlextract does not use or require a connection to a fabric.
opaxmlextract works from two lists of elements supplied as command line or input
parameters. The first is a list of elements whose values are to be extracted, called
extraction elements. The second is a list of elements for which extraction is to be
suppressed, called suppression elements. When an extraction element is encountered and
extraction is not suppressed, the value of the element is extracted for later output in an
extraction record. An extraction record contains a value for all extraction elements,
including those which have a null value.
When a suppression element is encountered, then no extraction is performed during the
extent of that element, from start through end. Suppression is maintained for elements
specified inside the suppression element, including elements which may happen to match
extraction elements. Suppression can be used to prevent extraction in sections of XML that
are present, but not of current interest. For example, NodeDesc or NodeGUID inside a
Neighbor specification of opareport.
opaxmlextract attempts to generate extraction records with data values that are valid at
the same time. Specifying extraction elements that are valid in the same scope produces a
single record for each group of extraction elements. However, mixing extraction elements
from different scopes (including different XML levels) may cause opaxmlextract to produce
multiple records.
opaxmlextract outputs an extraction record under the following conditions:
• One or more extraction elements containing a non-null value go out of scope (that
is, the element containing the extraction elements is ended) and a record
containing the element values has not already been output.
• A new and different value is specified for an extraction element and an extraction
record containing the previous value has not already been output.
Element names (extraction or suppression) can be made context-sensitive with an enclosing
element name using the syntax element1.element2. In this case, element2 is extracted (or
extraction is suppressed) only when element2 is enclosed by element1.
The syntax also allows ' * ' to be specified as a wildcard. In this case, *.element3
specifies element3 enclosed by any element or sequence of elements (for example,
element1.element3 or element1.element2.element3). Similarly, element1.*.element3 specifies
element3 enclosed by element1 with any number of (but at least 1) intermediate elements.
opaxmlextract prepends any entered element name not containing a ' * ' (anywhere) with '
*. ', matching the element regardless of the enclosing elements.
NOTE: Any element names that include a wildcard should be quoted to the shell attempting
to wildcard match against filenames.
At the beginning of operation, opaxmlextract, by default, outputs a delimited header
record containing the names of the extraction elements. The order of the names is the same
as specified on the command line and is the same order as that of the extraction record.
Output of the header record can be disabled with the -H option. By default, element names
are shown as they were entered on the command line. The -v option causes element names to
be output as they are used during extraction, with any prepended wildcard characters.
Options (parameters) to opaxmlextract can be specified on the command line, with a
parameter file, or using both methods. A parameter file is specified with -P param_file.
When a parameter file specification is encountered on the command line, option processing
on the command line is suspended, the parameter file is read and processed entirely, and
then command line processing is resumed.
Option syntax within a parameter file is the same as on the command line. Multiple
parameter file specifications can be made, on the command line or within other parameter
files. At each point that a parameter file is specified, current option processing is
suspended while the parameter file is processed, then resumed. Options are processed in
the order they are encountered on the command line or in parameter files. A parameter file
can be up to 8192 bytes in size and may contain up to 512 parameters.