diff -up sos-2.2/sos/plugins/networking.py.orig sos-2.2/sos/plugins/networking.py --- sos-2.2/sos/plugins/networking.py.orig 2012-03-06 11:20:00.128319602 +0000 +++ sos-2.2/sos/plugins/networking.py 2012-03-06 11:20:10.820319845 +0000 @@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ class networking(sos.plugintools.PluginB out=[] fp = open(brctlFile, 'r') for line in fp.readlines(): - if line.startswith("bridge name") or line.isspace(): + if line.startswith("bridge name") or line.isspace() or line[:1].isspace(): continue brName, brRest = line.split(None, 1) out.append(brName)