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+# Copyright 2023 VyOS maintainers and contributors <maintainers@vyos.io>
+#
+# This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+# modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+# License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+# version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
+# Lesser General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+# License along with this library. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+import os
+
+
+def get_protocol_by_name(protocol_name):
+ """Get protocol number by protocol name
+
+ % get_protocol_by_name('tcp')
+ % 6
+ """
+ import socket
+ try:
+ protocol_number = socket.getprotobyname(protocol_name)
+ return protocol_number
+ except socket.error:
+ return protocol_name