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[root@localhost ~]# ipython

Python 2.6.5 (r265:79063, Jan 20 2011, 13:20:15)

Type "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.

IPython 0.10.1 -- An enhanced Interactive Python.

?         -> Introduction and overview of IPython's features.

%quickref -> Quick reference.

help      -> Python's own help system.

object?   -> Details about 'object'. ?object also works, ?? prints more.

In [1]: ps = !ifconfig

/usr/local/lib/python2.6/site-packages/IPython/genutils.py:437: DeprecationWarning: os.popen3 is deprecated.  Use the subprocess module.

  pin,pout,perr = os.popen3(cmd)

In [2]: ps= !ifconfig

In [3]: ps.g

ps.get_list   ps.get_nlstr  ps.get_paths  ps.get_spstr  ps.grep

In [3]: ps.grep("inet addr")

Out[3]: SList (.p, .n, .l, .s, .grep(), .fields(), sort() available):

0:           inet addr:172.28.19.98  Bcast:172.28.255.255  Mask:255.255.0.0

1:           inet addr:172.16.2.165  Bcast:172.16.255.255  Mask:255.255.0.0

2:           inet addr:127.0.0.1  Mask:255.0.0.0

In [4]: ps.grep("inet addr").fields(2)

Out[4]: SList (.p, .n, .l, .s, .grep(), .fields(), sort() available):

0: Bcast:172.28.255.255

1: Bcast:172.16.255.255

2: Mask:255.0.0.0

In [5]: ps.grep("inet addr").fields(1)

Out[5]: SList (.p, .n, .l, .s, .grep(), .fields(), sort() available):

0: addr:172.28.19.98

1: addr:172.16.2.165

2: addr:127.0.0.1

In [6]: ps.grep("HWaddr").fields(0,4)

Out[6]: SList (.p, .n, .l, .s, .grep(), .fields(), sort() available):

0: eth0 00:14:85:01:DC:6A

1: eth1 00:0D:88:4A:C6:0D