Use common nodeset parsing function in netlab exec/inspect/report

docs/netlab/exec.md

@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 
 **netlab exec** command uses information stored in the _netlab_ snapshot file and reported with the **[`netlab inspect --node`](inspect.md)** command to execute a command on one or more lab devices using SSH or **docker exec**.
 
+[**netlab inspect** documentation](netlab-inspect-node) describes how to specify the nodes on which the command will be executed.
+
 ## Usage
 
 ```text
@@ -20,6 +22,7 @@ options:
   -q, --quiet           Report only major errors
   --dry-run             Print the hosts and the commands that would be executed on them,
                         but do not execute them
+  --header              Add node headers before command printouts
   -i INSTANCE, --instance INSTANCE
                         Specify lab instance to execute commands in
 

docs/netlab/inspect.md

@@ -58,15 +58,17 @@ Finally, the data selection argument is evaluated as a Python expression, so you
 (netlab-inspect-node)=
 ## Node Inspection Examples
 
-You can use the `--node` parameter to inspect the data structure of a single node, a list of nodes (separated by commas), or a wildcard expression.
+You can use the `--node` parameter to inspect the data structure of a single node, a group of nodes, or a wildcard (glob) expression. You can also specify multiple parameters separated by commas.
 
 | To display this information... | ...use this command |
 |--------------------------------|---------------------|
 | data for node `r1`             | `netlab inspect --node r1` |
 | interface data for node `r1`   | `netlab inspect --node r1 interfaces` |
 | first interface on node `r1`   |  `netlab inspect --node r1 'interfaces[0]'` |
 | BGP parameters on R1 and R2    | `netlab inspect --node r1,r2 bgp` |
+| BGP parameters of routers in group as65101 | `netlab inspect --node as65101 bgp` |
 | VRFs on all nodes              | `netlab inspect --node '*' vrfs` |
+| VLANs on all nodes start with 'r' | `netlab inspect --node 'r*' vlans` |
 
 ```{warning}
 You can use Python expressions only when specifying a single node to inspect.

docs/netlab/report.md

@@ -36,3 +36,7 @@ The **[netlab show reports](netlab-show-reports)** command displays up-to-date l
 * `netlab report bgp-neighbor.md` creates the table of BGP neighbors in Markdown format
 * `netlab report bgp-neighbor.ascii` creates the Markdown BGP neighbors report and renders it as ASCII text using the [rich.markdown](https://rich.readthedocs.io/en/stable/markdown.html) library.
 * `netlab report addressing --node r1,r2` creates addressing report for R1 and R2.
+
+```{tip}
+[**netlab inspect** documentation](netlab-inspect-node) describes how to specify the nodes on which the command will be executed.
+```

netsim/cli/_nodeset.py

@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 from box import Box
 from ..utils import log
 from .. import data
+from ..augment import groups
 
 # Is a string a glob expression?
 #
@@ -33,6 +34,15 @@ def add_glob(glob: str, names: list, results: list) -> int:
 Given a nodeset (as a string) and the lab topology, return the list
 of nodes matching the nodeset. Generate errors as appropriate and
 abort if needed.
+
+Nodeset is a comma-separate list of:
+
+* Node names
+* Group names
+* Glob expressions matching node names
+
+The function does its best to maintain the order in which the nodes
+were specified.
 """
 def parse_nodeset(ns: str, topology: Box) -> list:
   n_names = list(topology.nodes.keys())
@@ -41,6 +51,9 @@ def parse_nodeset(ns: str, topology: Box) -> list:
     if is_glob(n_element):
       if not add_glob(n_element,n_names,n_list):
         log.error(f'Wildcard node specification {n_element} does not match any nodes',log.IncorrectValue,'')
+    elif n_element in topology.groups:
+      node_list = groups.group_members(topology,n_element)
+      n_list = n_list + [ n for n in node_list if n not in n_list ]
     else:
       if n_element not in n_names:
         log.error(f'Invalid node name {n_element}',log.IncorrectValue,'')

netsim/cli/exec.py

@@ -35,6 +35,11 @@ def exec_parse(args: typing.List[str]) -> typing.Tuple[argparse.Namespace, typin
       dest='dry_run',
       action='store_true',
       help='Print the hosts and the commands that would be executed on them, but do not execute them')
+  parser.add_argument(
+      '--header',
+      dest='header',
+      action='store_true',
+      help='Add node headers before command printouts')
   parser.add_argument(
       dest='node', action='store',
       help='Node(s) to run command on')
@@ -53,21 +58,18 @@ def run(cli_args: typing.List[str]) -> None:
 
   rest = quote_list(rest)    
   topology = load_snapshot(args)
-  selector = args.node
-  args = argparse.Namespace(show=None,verbose=False, quiet=True,Output=True) 
-  if selector in topology.nodes:
-    connect_to_node(node=selector,args=args,rest=rest,topology=topology,log_level=log_level)
-  elif selector in topology.groups:
-    node_list = group_members(topology,selector)
-    for node in node_list:           
-        connect_to_node(node=node,args=args,rest=rest,topology=topology,log_level=log_level)   
-  else:  
-    node_list = _nodeset.parse_nodeset(selector,topology)
-    for node in node_list:
-        connect_to_node(node=node,args=args,rest=rest,topology=topology,log_level=log_level)
-
-
-
-
-
+  node_list = _nodeset.parse_nodeset(args.node,topology)
+  p_header = args.header
 
+  args = argparse.Namespace(show=None,verbose=False,quiet=True,Output=True)
+  for node in node_list:
+    if p_header:
+      print('=' * 80)
+      print(f'{node}: executing {" ".join(rest)}')
+      print('=' * 80)
+    connect_to_node(
+      node=node,
+      args=args,
+      rest=rest,
+      topology=topology,
+      log_level=LogLevel.NONE if p_header else log_level)