mac-formatter 0.4.0

A simple tool for formatting MAC addresses

mac-formatter

A simple package to convert MAC-addresses to different formats.

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How to use in terminal(cli).

positional arguments:

mac_address: The MAC address to format

options:

-h, --help: show this help message and exit
-f, --format: {'colon','dot','dash','ddash','space','blank','binary','compact','eui64','bpf','reverse'}, The format to use. If not specified, all formats will be printed.
"The format to use. If not specified, all formats will be printed.

Available formats:
colon : Colon-separated format, e.g., ab:12:cd:34:ef:56.
dot : Dot notation, e.g., abcd.ef12.3456.
dash : Hyphen-separated format, e.g., ab-12-cd-34-ef-56.
ddash : Double-dash-separated format, e.g., ab12-cd34-ef56.
space : Space-separated format, e.g., ab 12 cd 34 ef 56.
blank : Continuous string with no delimiters, e.g., ab12cd34ef56.
binary : Binary format, e.g., 10101011 00010010 11001101 00110100 11101111 01010110.
compact : Base64 encoded format, e.g., qXLNTq9W.
eui64 : Cisco EUI-64 format, e.g., ab12.cd34.fffe.ef56.
bpf : BPF format with each byte prefixed by '\x', e.g., \xab\x12\xcd\x34\xef\x56.
reverse : Reverse byte order, e.g., 56ef34cd12ab.

-u, --uppercase: Prints the MAC address in uppercase.
-l, --lowercase: Prints the MAC address in lowercase.

Example usage:

mac-formatter abcdef123456 -f dot

output:

abcd.ef12.3456

There is also a shorter name macf:

macf abcd.ef12.3456 -f colon -u

output:

AB:CD:EF:12:34:56

How to use in your code.

from mac_formatter import MacFormatter

mac_address = 'ab:cd:ef:12:34:56'
mac = MacFormatter(mac_address)

print(mac.dot)
print(mac.dash)
print(mac.ddash)
print(mac.space)
print(mac.colon)
print(mac.blank)
print(mac.binary)
print(mac.compact)
print(mac.eui64)
print(mac.bpf)
print(mac.reverse) 

output:

abcd.ef12.3456
ab-cd-ef-12-34-56
abcd-ef12-3456
ab cd ef 12 34 56
ab:cd:ef:12:34:56
abcdef123456
10101011 11001101 11101111 00010010 00110100 01010110
q83vEjRW
ab12.cd34.fffe.ef56
\xab\xcd\xef\x12\x34\x56
654321fedcba

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