need a help on escaping the parenthesis

[Rashmi-Nuviso]

Hi All ,

can anybody help me how do i escape the paranthesis

my requirement is to pull the X86_64_LINUX_IOSD-UNIVERSALK9-M

from the build from the cisco show version output

Cisco IOS Software, CSR1000V Software (X86_64_LINUX_IOSD-UNIVERSALK9-M),

since textfsm has the definition where most of the pattern we want to fetch it needs to be grouped

if i try like

pattern = ((.*)) to extract the (X86_64_LINUX_IOSD-UNIVERSALK9-M)

the textFSM throws the error .

any help on this will be appreciated .

[GGabriele]

Hi,
you can escape parenthesis with a \. Your pattern would be pattern = (\(.*\))

[itdependsnetworks]

I would have the outside () escaped and not in the capture group and label it a different variable. That being said, it will be easiest to see the full output.

[Rashmi-Nuviso]

pasting the solution suggested by Ken here for others who are would like pull the build X86_64_LINUX_IOSD-UNIVERSALK9-M from the line

Cisco IOS Software, CSR1000V Software (X86_64_LINUX_IOSD-UNIVERSALK9-M), Version 15.5(3)S2, RELEASE SOFTWARE (fc2)

of the show version command

^.*Software\s.*\(${BUILD}\),\sVersion\s${VERSION},*\s+RELEASE.*

Closing this issue .

Thanks Ken :)