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I need to write script in Python to read/write /etc/network/interfaces file. It is not parse-able with builtin module ConfigParser because there are no sections.

Is there any parser for such files? Or maybe Python module to manage network configuration?

Or maybe there are other ways to read/change network interfaces settings?!

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If I look at the file on my pc, it looks like a simple text file with all data on a seperate line. what keeps you from writing your own parser/writer? – Timo Jan 10 '12 at 16:10
Yes. I had to write my own parser. But it was not easy task, because it's structure may be complex... – marcinpz Feb 13 '12 at 10:43
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You should open source it! – Brian Cline Apr 19 at 7:15

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Here you can find a Awk script that can parse and modify /etc/network/interface, good starting point.

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