sosdiff 0.2.2

Compare two sosreports and show the differences.

sosdiff

Compare two sosreport and show the differences.

To compare them sosdiff reads the file sos_reports/sos.json and lists the differences:

• [-] Plugin is missing on sosreport2.
• [--] Entity is missing on sosreport2.
• [---] File is missing on sosreport2.
• [/] File content is different. Optionally show diff command output.
• [+] Plugin is present on sosreport2 but it isn't on sosreport1.
• [++] Entity is present on sosreport2 but it isn't on sosreport1.
• [+++] File is present on sosreport2 but it isn't on sosreport1.

Log files and some other are ingnored:

self.excluded_href = [
            r'^/var/log/.*$',
            r'^/sos_strings/.*var\.log.*\.tailed$',
            r'^/sys/class/.*$',
            r'^/sys/devices/.*$',]

Installation

There are multiple ways to to install sosdiff.

• Using pip.

  pip install sosdiff
  

• Using the prebuild packages at Latest Release

Usage

usage: sosdiff [-h] [-d] [-e PluginName] [-i PluginName] [-t] sospath1 sospath2

Compare two sosreports and show the differences.

positional arguments:
  sospath1              Path to first sosreport folder.
  sospath2              Path to second sosreport folder.

options:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  -d, --diff            Show `diff` when file content don't match.
  -e PluginName, --exclude PluginName
                        Exclude this PluginName. Can be used multiple times.
  -i PluginName, --include PluginName
                        Include only this PluginName. Can be used multiple times.
  -t, --text            Print plain text without colors.