script to support CEL python

1 files changed, 30 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/scripts/trex-console b/scripts/trex-console
index 22a47eb8..9e01dd16 100755
--- a/scripts/trex-console
+++ b/scripts/trex-console
@@ -1,2 +1,31 @@
 #!/bin/bash
-automation/trex_control_plane/console/trex_console.py $@
+
+# if no variable of $PYTHON is define - we try to find it
+function find_python {
+    # two candidates - machine python and cisco linux python
+    MACHINE_PYTHON=python
+    CEL_PYTHON=/router/bin/python
+
+    # try the machine python
+    PYTHON=$MACHINE_PYTHON
+    
+    PCHECK=`$PYTHON -c "import sys; ver = sys.version_info[0] * 10 + sys.version_info[1];sys.exit(ver < 27)"`
+    if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
+        PYTHON=$CEL_PYTHON
+        PCHECK=`$PYTHON -c "import sys; ver = sys.version_info[0] * 10 + sys.version_info[1];sys.exit(ver < 27)"`
+    
+        if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
+            echo "*** $PYTHON - python version is too old, 2.7 at least is required"
+            exit -1
+        fi
+    
+    fi
+    
+}
+
+if [ -z "$PYTHON" ]; then
+    find_python
+fi
+
+$PYTHON automation/trex_control_plane/console/trex_console.py $@
+