new_contents: #!/usr/bin/python
  import os
  import sys
  import re
  import glob
  import operator
  from collections import OrderedDict
  from datetime import datetime
  
  f = open( 'nagiosdata', 'w')
  #path ="/root/nagios/log/"
  #dirs = os.listdir( path )
  #for file in dirs:
  #nagioslog = open('nagios-06-08-2015-00.log')
  nagioslog = open('/root/nagios/log/nagios-' + datetime.now().strftime("%m-%d-%Y") + '-00.log')
  #    nagioslog = open('nagios-' + datetime.now().strftime("%m-%d-%Y") + '-00.log')
  for line in nagioslog:
      line = line.rstrip()
      if re.search('DOWN;SOFT;3;', line) :
          f.write(line+'\n')
      if re.search('DOWN;HARD;10;CRITICAL', line) :
          f.write(line+'\n')
  
  od = OrderedDict()
  
  with open('nagiosdata') as f:
      r = re.compile("(?<=HOST ALERT:\s)\S+")
      for line in f:
          name, st, con, _, _ = r.search(line).group().split(";")
  #        od.setdefault(name, {"State": st, "Total": con,"HARD": 0,"SOFT":0,"Count":0,})
          od.setdefault(name, {"State": st, "HARD": 0,"SOFT":0,"Count":0})
          od[name]["State"] = st
  #        od[name]["Total"] = con
          od[name]["Count"] += 1
          if con == 'HARD' :
              od[name]["HARD"] +=1
          else :
              od[name]["SOFT"] +=1
  print "Host Down Statistics for last 24 hours: \n"
  for k,v in sorted(od.items(), key=operator.itemgetter(1),reverse=True):
      print("{0} {1} ".format(k,v))
  
subject: Create nagioslog.py