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Mastering Python Scripting for System Administrators

By : Ganesh Sanjiv Naik
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Mastering Python Scripting for System Administrators

By: Ganesh Sanjiv Naik

Overview of this book

Python has evolved over time and extended its features in relation to every possible IT operation. Python is simple to learn, yet has powerful libraries that can be used to build powerful Python scripts for solving real-world problems and automating administrators' routine activities. The objective of this book is to walk through a series of projects that will teach readers Python scripting with each project. This book will initially cover Python installation and quickly revise basic to advanced programming fundamentals. The book will then focus on the development process as a whole, from setup to planning to building different tools. It will include IT administrators' routine activities (text processing, regular expressions, file archiving, and encryption), network administration (socket programming, email handling, the remote controlling of devices using telnet/ssh, and protocols such as SNMP/DHCP), building graphical user interface, working with websites (Apache log file processing, SOAP and REST APIs communication, and web scraping), and database administration (MySQL and similar database data administration, data analytics, and reporting). By the end of this book, you will be able to use the latest features of Python and be able to build powerful tools that will solve challenging, real-world tasks
Table of Contents (21 chapters)

Merging data

We are going to learn about how to merge data in Python. For that, we are going to use Python's pandas library. To merge the data, we are going to use two csv files that already created in the previous section, student1.csv and student2.csv.

Now, create a merge_data.py script and write the following code in it:

import pandas as pd
df1 = pd.read_csv("student1.csv")
df2 = pd.read_csv("student2.csv")
result = pd.concat([df1, df2])
print(result)

Run the script as follows:

$ python3 merge_data.py

Output:
Id Name Gender Age Address
0 101 John Male 20 New York
1 102 Mary Female 18 London
2 103 Aditya Male 22 Mumbai
3 104 Leo Male 22 Chicago
4 105 Sam Male 21 Paris
5 106 Tina Female 23 Sydney
0 101 John Male 21 New York
1 102 Mary Female 20 London
2 103 Aditya Male...