Backup switch configurations

Tips

Ubuntu ls -lt (shows date modified) or ltr reverse order.

sudo apt-get install less

rm switch192.168.122.*  (Removing a file plus the wildcard)

#!/usr/bin/env python
	import getpass
	#import sys
	import telnetlib
	# Get Username and Password
	user = raw_input("Enter your username: ")
	password = getpass.getpass()
	# Open file with list of switches
	f = open ("myswitches")
	# Telnet to each switch and cofigure it
	for line in f:
	print "Getting running-config " + (line)
	HOST = line.strip()
	tn = telnetlib.Telnet(HOST)
	tn.read_until("Username: ")
	tn.write(user + "\n")
	if password:
	tn.read_until("Password: ")
	tn.write(password + "\n")
	tn.write("terminal length 0\n")
	tn.write("show run\n")
	tn.write("exit\n")
	readoutput = tn.read_all()
	saveoutput = open("switch" + HOST, "w")
	saveoutput.write(readoutput)
	saveoutput.write("\n")
	saveoutput.close
	print tn.read_all()