# Genie

> Markdown source of <https://docs.calebsargeant.com/networking/cisco/genie/>.

Automatically parses device configuration into yaml, json, etc. to be used with python, for example.

<https://developer.cisco.com/docs/genie-docs/>

``` bash
# get a state of the network
genie learn interface --testbed testbed.yaml --device iosxe --output learn

# some stuff changes in the network

# learn the network again
genie learn interface --testbed testbed.yaml --device iosxe --output learn2

# get a diff of the network to see what changed
genie diff learn learn2 --output diff
```