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Mastering Python Scripting for System Administrators

You're reading from   Mastering Python Scripting for System Administrators Write scripts and automate them for real-world administration tasks using Python

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Product type Paperback
Published in Jan 2019
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781789133226
Length 318 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Ganesh Sanjiv Naik Ganesh Sanjiv Naik
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Table of Contents (21) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Python Scripting Overview FREE CHAPTER 2. Debugging and Profiling Python Scripts 3. Unit Testing - Introduction to the Unit Testing Framework 4. Automating Regular Administrative Activities 5. Handling Files, Directories, and Data 6. File Archiving, Encrypting, and Decrypting 7. Text Processing and Regular Expressions 8. Documentation and Reporting 9. Working with Various Files 10. Basic Networking - Socket Programming 11. Handling Emails Using Python Scripting 12. Remote Monitoring of Hosts Over Telnet and SSH 13. Building Graphical User Interfaces 14. Working with Apache and Other Log Files 15. SOAP and REST API Communication 16. Web Scraping - Extracting Useful Data from Websites 17. Statistics Gathering and Reporting 18. MySQL and SQLite Database Administrations 19. Assessments 20. Other Books You May Enjoy

Comparing data

Here, we are going to learn about how to compare data in Python. We will use a pandas module for this purpose.

Pandas is an open source data analysis library that provides data structures and data analysis tools that are easy to use. It makes importing and analyzing data easier.

Before starting with the example, make sure you have pandas installed on your system. You can install pandas as follows:

pip3 install pandas     --- For Python3

or

pip install pandas --- For python2

We will study an example of comparing data using pandas. Initially, we will create two csv files: student1.csv and student2.csv. We will compare the data of these two csv files and in output it should return the comparison. Create two csv files as follows:

Create the student1.csv file content as follows:

Id,Name,Gender,Age,Address
101,John,Male,20,New York
102,Mary,Female,18,London
103,Aditya...
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