Script modifies dhclient conf files to add hostnames

add-dhcp-hostname.pl

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+#!/bin/perl
+# ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- -----
+# use this script after bringing up stations with a DHCP lease
+# then admin-down the stations. Go into /home/lanforge/vr_conf
+# and change the settings with this script on all the files
+# in a manner like this:
+#
+# root# cd /home/lanforge/vr_conf
+# root# ~lanforge/scripts/add-dhcp-hostname.pl dhclient_sta*conf
+#
+# At this point you can bring up your stations. If you need to 
+# check a lanforge dhcpd lease file, please look at the dhcp database
+# found in /home/lanforge/vr_conf/vrcx_br1_dhcp_lease.db
+# entries should have a "client-hostname: " entry.
+# ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- -----
+use strict;
+use warnings;
+use diagnostics;
+$| = 1;
+
+if (@ARGV < 1) {
+   print "No files requested.\n";
+   exit 1;
+}
+my @chars = ("A".."Z", "a".."z", "0".."9");
+
+my $rand_name = "";
+for my $fname (@ARGV) {
+   print "File: $fname  ";
+
+   my @lines = `cat $fname`;
+   chomp @lines;
+   die("Unable to open $fname for writing: $!")
+      unless open(my $fh, ">", $fname);
+
+   my $ifname='';
+   for my $line (@lines) {
+      next if ($line =~ /^\s*$/);
+      next if ($line =~ /^. LANforge-generated/);
+      next if ($line =~ /^. Remove first/);
+      next if ($line =~ /^. automatically over-write/);
+      next if ($line =~ /^send host-name/);
+      if ($line =~ /^# sta\d+/) {
+         ($ifname) = $line =~ /^# (sta\d+)\s*$/;
+      }
+      print $fh "$line\n";
+   }
+   $rand_name = "";
+   $rand_name .= $chars[ rand @chars] for 1..8;
+   #print "* ";
+   #print "$rand_name\n";
+   print $fh "interface \"$ifname\" {\n";
+   print $fh "    send host-name \"$rand_name\";\n";
+   print $fh "}\n";
+   close $fh;
+}
+print "done\n";