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from collections import defaultdict


def auto_nested_dict():
    return defaultdict(auto_nested_dict)
    

if __name __ == '__main__':
    d = auto_nested_dict()
    d['wats']['up']['world'] = 'Here I am!'

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(ENV)> ls -1 /var/www/ | grep packet_capture
packet_capture_server1_1376450197.cap.gz
packet_capture_server2_1376450500.cap.gz
packet_capture_server3_1376451234.cap.gz

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(ENV)> ansible-playbook parallel-tcpdump.yml -i hosts

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    - name: remove files from server
      file: path=/tmp/${cap_file}.gz state=absent

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    - name: compress capture file
      command: gzip ${cap_file} chdir=/tmp

    - name: copy logs to local boxes webroot
      fetch: src=/tmp/${cap_file}.gz dest=/var/www/ flat=yes

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    - name: kill tcpdump
      command: /usr/bin/pkill tcpdump
      ignore_errors: yes

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    - pause: minutes=1 prompt="pause for 60 seconds or press Ctrl + c then c to continue"

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 tasks:
    - name: start tcpdump
      command: /usr/sbin/tcpdump -i eth0 -s 0 -w /tmp/${cap_file}
      async: 60
      poll: 0

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- hosts: all
  sudo: yes
  vars:
      cap_file: packet_capture_{{ ansible_hostname }}_{{ ansible_date_time['epoch'] }}.cap

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> ps -e | grep 27439
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