Fix for sorting hostnames and aliases properly
Change-Id: I7e9267036d473b68c5344ed50304030e6985f27c
diff --git a/_modules/linux_hosts.py b/_modules/linux_hosts.py
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index 0000000..08741ec
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+++ b/_modules/linux_hosts.py
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+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+'''
+Module for defining new filter for sorting
+host names/alias by FQDN first and alphabetically
+'''
+
+from jinja2 import Undefined
+
+def fqdn_sort_fn(n1, n2):
+ l1 = n1.split('.')
+ l2 = n2.split('.')
+ if len(l1) > len(l2):
+ return -1
+ if len(l1) < len(l2):
+ return 1
+ for i1, i2 in zip(l1, l2):
+ if i1 < i2:
+ return -1
+ if i1 > i2:
+ return 1
+ return 0
+
+def fqdn_sort_filter(iterable):
+ if iterable is None or isinstance(iterable, Undefined):
+ return iterable
+ # Do effective custom sorting of iterable here
+ return sorted(iterable, cmp=fqdn_sort_fn)