.. _ansible.netcommon.parse_cli_textfsm_filter:


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ansible.netcommon.parse_cli_textfsm
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**parse_cli_textfsm filter plugin.**


Version added: 1.0.0

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Synopsis
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- The network filters also support parsing the output of a CLI command using the TextFSM library. To parse the CLI output with TextFSM use this filter.
- Using the parameters below - ``data | ansible.netcommon.parse_cli_textfsm(template.yml``)
- This plugin is deprecated and will be removed in a future release after 2027-02-01, please Use ansible.utils.cli_parse instead.




Parameters
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                        <div>The template to compare it with.</div>
                        <div>For example <code>data | ansible.netcommon.parse_cli_textfsm(template.yml</code>), in this case <code>data</code> represents this option.</div>
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                        <div>This source data on which parse_cli_textfsm invokes.</div>
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Notes
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.. note::
   - Use of the TextFSM filter requires the TextFSM library to be installed.



Examples
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.. code-block:: yaml

    # Using parse_cli_textfsm

    - name: "Fetch command output"
      cisco.ios.ios_command:
        commands:
          - show lldp neighbors
      register: lldp_output

    - name: "Invoke parse_cli_textfsm"
      ansible.builtin.set_fact:
        device_neighbors: "{{ lldp_output.stdout[0] | parse_cli_textfsm('~/ntc-templates/templates/cisco_ios_show_lldp_neighbors.textfsm') }}"

    - name: "Debug"
      ansible.builtin.debug:
        msg: "{{ device_neighbors }}"

    # Task Output
    # -----------
    #
    # TASK [Fetch command output]
    # ok: [rtr-1]

    # TASK [Invoke parse_cli_textfsm]
    # ok: [rtr-1]

    # TASK [Debug]
    # ok: [rtr-1] => {
    #     "msg": [
    #         {
    #             "CAPABILITIES": "R",
    #             "LOCAL_INTERFACE": "Gi0/0",
    #             "NEIGHBOR": "rtr-3",
    #             "NEIGHBOR_INTERFACE": "Gi0/0"
    #         },
    #         {
    #             "CAPABILITIES": "R",
    #             "LOCAL_INTERFACE": "Gi0/1",
    #             "NEIGHBOR": "rtr-1",
    #             "NEIGHBOR_INTERFACE": "Gi0/1"
    #         }
    #     ]
    # }




Status
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Authors
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- Peter Sprygada (@privateip)


.. hint::
    Configuration entries for each entry type have a low to high priority order. For example, a variable that is lower in the list will override a variable that is higher up.
