I'm thinking of syncing firewall rules between two routers, and I came across the method explained in the last post of this thread: http://forum.mikrotik.com/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=59240

But how can I sync only some of the rules?

I was thinking one way to go would be to prefix the comment of all the rules that I want to sync with the text "sync". So on the source router the script could be and on the destination router the script could be Now the issue is, export seems not to allow the use of find to limit what is exported. How can I get around this issue?

I found some examples that were 10 years old where they used which apparently exported a selection of rules. That syntax seems not to be valid any more.

bump

I guess the lack of replies to this thread is because it's not possible to filter on export.

What about textfile editing? Is it possible to make a script that extracts only some of the lines from the export file into a new file that can be used for import?

What I need is something similar to So how can the grep functionality be performed in routeros?

I guess the lack of replies to this thread is because it's not possible to filter on export.

What about textfile editing? Is it possible to make a script that extracts only some of the lines from the export file into a new file that can be used for import?

What I need is something similar to

Code: Select all

cat export.rsc |grep "comment=sync" > import.rsc

So how can the grep functionality be performed in routeros?

I think you'll need to download the export file to a local system, delete the rules that you don't need/want either manually or via grep, then upload that to the destination router for import.

Since it seems that the format of the export is basically a script to be executed on the destination, you should be fine with the process outlined above.

Cheers,
Jon

Except that grep does not exist in routeros. What would a command to perform something similar to grep on a file look like in routeros?

Except that grep does not exist in routeros. What would a command to perform something similar to grep on a file look like in routeros?

Grep, as far as I know, does not exist in ROS, but once you download the file, you can grep it locally, modifying it to your specification for the new device import. That was what I was trying to say above.

Cheers,
Jon

I want this to be a script. If I have to do things on my pc in order to run the script, it's kind of pointless to use a script. Then it would be easier to do all changes on both routers manually.