LDAP LDIF Perl search script

[problem]

You want to search an LDIF file for a given dn, or pattern.

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[solution]

Multi-line pattern search and output – useful for LDIFs! 😉

Written in Perl – see example tab.

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[example]

Replace pattern to a given name, etc and filename to LDIF output file.

perl -ane '$/="dn" ;

print,"\n\n" if($_ =~/pattern/);' filename

For example:


$ cat user.ldif
dn: cn=user0,dc=subdiv,dc=demo,dc=net
objectClass: person
sn: User
cn: user0
userPassword: today321

: cn=user1,dc=subdiv,dc=demo,dc=net
objectClass: person
sn: User
cn: user1
userPassword: today321


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[reference]

[tags]LDAP LDIF Search, LDAP LDIF extraction, LDAP Training School[/tags]

• LDAP Docs – Quick Start Guide

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