Python Split lines/words from input files into variables

Question

I very new to Python and I want to do the following: I am creating a script that is doing for example a ssh login to devices to check all kind of things (capacity, uptime etc.) I want open a file for reading, read the first line and put every word into a variable for later use. I have been searching and trying but no result.

input file is: input.file

example: Varables are: DevType, ManuF, ip, Serial

server   Dell   172.0.0.1   abc123   
storage  IBM    172.0.0.2   w2q3r4134  
network  Cisco  172.0.0.3   vf578WWr

Thanks for helping me out.

you can't just write the question and waiting for the code... at least write some lines — Fu Hanxi, Apr 09 '20 at 08:06
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score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Apr 09 '20 at 08:06

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open the file, iterate over lines, split() without argument to split over whitespace.

with open("input.file") as f:
    for line in f:
        dev_type, manuf, ip, serial = line.strip().split()
        print((dev_type, manuf, ip, serial))

answered Apr 09 '20 at 08:06

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It is working, thank you very much This is helping me a lot. – Erik Fokker Apr 09 '20 at 08:24

Python Split lines/words from input files into variables

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