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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" color="#1f497d" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">It’s a bit of an FAQ.. Find the command callback in the crancid file for the command you are looking for.. (e.g.
 sub ShowVersion)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" color="#1f497d" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Scroll down to the main while loop therein. Find a ‘next if’ line<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" color="#1f497d" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Add your own ‘next if’ line above or below that that will skip the thing you don’t want.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" color="#1f497d" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">e.g. next if (/^# 20[0-9][0-9]-[01][0-9]-[0-2][0-9]T/);<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" color="#1f497d" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">that’ll match the thing you posted below and skip that date matching the regular expression.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><b><font size="2" face="Tahoma"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";font-weight:bold">From:</span></font></b><font size="2" face="Tahoma"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">
 Rancid-discuss [mailto:rancid-discuss-bounces@shrubbery.net] <b><span style="font-weight:bold">On Behalf Of
</span></b>Ben Sanders<br>
<b><span style="font-weight:bold">Sent:</span></b> Wednesday, September 10, 2014 9:53 AM<br>
<b><span style="font-weight:bold">To:</span></b> rancid-discuss@shrubbery.net<br>
<b><span style="font-weight:bold">Subject:</span></b> [rancid] Ignoring certain output in diffs<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><font size="3" color="black" face="Helvetica"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black">I am struggling trying to create a way to ignore lines in diff.  I have Patton devices
 which I am using the Cisco module for as it seems to grab the configuration.  Problem is every time you "show run" it generates a timestamp:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><font size="3" color="black" face="Helvetica"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black">Could someone lend a hand in ignoring the timestamp line??<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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