TXTFSM will not process template even though Regex checker says line is acceptable for ciena SAOS

[sroodman]

ISSUE TYPE

• Bug Report
• Template Creation Help

TEMPLATE USING

 port show status
Value NAME (([0-9A-Za-z\.]+)|\s*)
Value DESC ([0-9A-Za-z\.\_]+)
Value LINK ((Up|Down)|\s*)
Value DURATION ((\w+\s*\wh\s*\w+m\s*\w+)|\s*)
Value XCVR ((\s*)|(\w+))
Value STP ((\s*|(\w+))
VALUE SPEED  ((\w+\/\w+)|(\s*))
VALUE MTU (([0-9]+)|\s*)
VALUE FLOW (([0-9A-Za-z\.\-]+)|\s*)


Start
  ^\+-+\s*PORT\s*OPERATIONAL\s*STATE\s*-+\+ 
  ^\+-+
  ^\|\s*\|\s*\|\s*\|\w+\s*\w+\|\s*\|\s*\|\w+\/\s*\|\w+\s*\|\w+\s*\|
  ^\|\s*\#\#\s*\|\s*Description\s*\|\w+\|\w+\s*\|\w+\|\w+\|\w+\s*\|\w+\|\w+\s*\|
  ^\|-+
  ^\|\s*${NAME}\s*\|\s*${DESC}\s*\|\s*${LINK}\s*\|\s*${DURATION}\|\s*${XCVR}\s*\|${STP}\|\s*${SPEED}\s*\|$(MTU)\|\s*${FLOW}\s*\| -> Record
  ^\+-+
  ^\s*$$
  ^. -> Error

SAMPLE COMMAND OUTPUT

5142001> port show status
+---------------------------- PORT OPERATIONAL STATUS ---------------------------+
|    |                               |    |Link State|    |   |Speed/ |MTU |Flow |
| ## | Description                   |Link|Duration  |XCVR|STP|Duplex |Size|Ctrl |
+----+-------------------------------+----+----------+----+---+-------+----+-----+
|1   |Text-blah_blah_blah_b          | Up |302d 4h43m|Ena |FWD|1000/FD|9216|off  |
|2   |Text-blah_blah_blah_b          | Up |292d 6h23m|Ena |FWD|1000/FD|9216|a-tx |
|3   |Some_AUTOMOTIVE_SOMEWHERE_with_|Down|  0h 0m 0s|    |Dis|       |9216|     |
|    |903wraparound                  |    |          |    |   |       |    |     |
|4   |Text-blah_blah_blah_b          |Down|  0h 0m 0s|    |Dis|       |9216|     |
|5   |Text-blah_blah_blah_b          | Up |159d 4h16m|Ena |FWD|1000/FD|9216|off  |
|6   |Text-blah_blah_blah_b          | Up | 15d21h12m|Ena |FWD|1000/FD|9216|off  |
|7   |Text-blah_blah_blah_b          | Up | 20d23h40m|Ena |FWD|1000/FD|9216|off  |
|8   |Text-blah_blah_blah_b          | Up | 15d21h13m|Ena |FWD|1000/FD|9216|off  |
|9   |Text-blah_blah_blah_b          | Up |  7d 9h19m|Ena |FWD|1000/FD|9216|off  |
|10  |Text-blah_blah_blah_b          | Up |  6d 5h 5m|Ena |FWD|1000/FD|9216|off  |
|11  |                               |Down|  0h 0m 0s|    |Dis|       |9216|     |
|12  |                               |Down|  0h 0m 0s|    |Dis|       |9216|     |
|13  |                               |Down|  0h 0m 0s|    |Dis|       |9216|     |
|14  |                               |Down|  0h 0m 0s|    |Dis|       |9216|     |
|15  |                               |Down|  0h 0m 0s|    |Dis|       |9216|     |
|16  |                               |Down|  0h 0m 0s|    |Dis|       |9216|     |
|17  |                               |Down|  0h 0m 0s|    |Dis|       |9216|     |
|18  |                               |Down|  0h 0m 0s|    |Dis|       |9216|     |
|19  |                               |Down|  0h 0m 0s|    |Dis|       |9216|     |
|20  |                               |Down|  0h 0m 0s|    |Dis|       |9216|     |
|21  |INNI_10000_TO_DEVICEblah__72100| Up |322d13h18m|Ena |FWD| 10G/FD|9216|off  |
|    |more1wraparound                |    |          |    |   |       |    |     |
|22  |                               |Down|  0h 0m 0s|    |Dis|       |9216|     |
|23  |                               | Up |113d21h48m|Ena |FWD| 10G/FD|9216|off  |
|24  |                               | Up |322d13h18m|Ena |FWD| 10G/FD|9216|off  |
+----+-------------------------------+----+----------+----+---+-------+----+-----+

SUMMARY

This line:  ^\|\s*\|\s*\|\s*\|\w+\s*\w+\|\s*\|\s*\|\w+\/\s*\|\w+\s*\|\w+\s*\|  errors out when applying 
|    |                               |    |Link State|    |   |Speed/ |MTU |Flow |

Regex checkers on the web say it has no problem.

STEPS TO REPRODUCE

EXPECTED RESULTS

ACTUAL RESULTS

textfsm.TextFSMError: State Error raised. Rule Line: 30. Input Line: |    |                               |    |Link State|    |   |Speed/ |MTU |Flow |

[itdependsnetworks]

As the error indicates you are not accounting for the current line | | | |Link State| | |Speed/ |MTU |Flow |

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