"Sweetening" packet filter insertion from TMSH to avoid conflicts

Hello everybody.

 

From the WebUI, you can insert a new rule "After" an existing rule and they all get get spaced out nicely.

 

In TMSH, you have to manually declare the order number and you get a complaint on a conflict.

 

Trying to script up the insertion of new rules in TMSH so we get the same type of behavior but that looks like it'll involve harvesting/sorting and modifying all the current rules. Hate to reinvent the wheel if someone has done this already. Has anyone solved this problem yet?

 

Cheers Bernie