Simple Way to Compare Lists of IP Addresses in Python

Table of Contents

The “lazy” in me tried to make this vulnerability analysis the other day easier on my poor spreadsheet weary eyes.

Objective: Compare 2 Lists of IP addresses using Python #

Here’s a simple way to compare lists of IP addresses in python You might for example want to compare a baseline inventory list to a routine Nessus scan to ensure all machines are logged in the inventory

Github: https://github.com/ethanolivertroy/compare-lists

The Code #

How to Use #

Create your 2 text files with the IP Addresses in a list #

One IP address per line
Store files in ‘input’ directory

Edit the file paths to the IP Address List Files #

ips1 = "/Users/your_user/Github/sub_folder/compare-lists/input/file1.txt"

ips2 = "/Users/your_user/Github/sub_folder/compare-lists/input/file2.txt"

Note: The ip addresses used in this repo were created with https://www.ipvoid.com/random-ip/

Run the code #

python3 compare-lists.py

Sample Output #

Sample Output