import re from netmiko.brocade import BrocadeFastironSSH from netmiko import ConnectHandler Brocade_ICX = { 'device_type': 'brocade_fastiron', 'ip': '10.10.10.1', 'username': 'brocade', 'password': 'brocade', } net_connect = ConnectHandler(**Brocade_ICX) file = open('output.txt', 'w') output = net_connect.send_command('skip-page-display') output = net_connect.send_command('show int brief') file.write(output) file.close() dump = open('output.txt') for line in dump: line = line.rstrip() x = re.findall('Up', line) if len(x) > 0 : print(line)