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# jc.parsers.hosts

jc - JSON CLI output utility `/etc/hosts` file parser

Usage (cli):

$ cat /etc/hosts | jc --hosts

Usage (module):

import jc
result = jc.parse('hosts', hosts_file_output)

or

import jc.parsers.hosts
result = jc.parsers.hosts.parse(hosts_file_output)

Schema:

[
{
"ip":           string,
"hostname": [
string
]
}
]

**Examples**:

  
  $ cat /etc/hosts | jc --hosts -p
  [
  {
- `"ip"` - "127.0.0.1",
- `"hostname"` - [
  "localhost"
  ]
  },
  {
- `"ip"` - "127.0.1.1",
- `"hostname"` - [
  "root-ubuntu"
  ]
  },
  {
- `"ip"` - "::1",
- `"hostname"` - [
  "ip6-localhost",
  "ip6-loopback"
  ]
  },
  {
- `"ip"` - "fe00::0",
- `"hostname"` - [
  "ip6-localnet"
  ]
  },
  {
- `"ip"` - "ff00::0",
- `"hostname"` - [
  "ip6-mcastprefix"
  ]
  },
  {
- `"ip"` - "ff02::1",
- `"hostname"` - [
  "ip6-allnodes"
  ]
  },
  {
- `"ip"` - "ff02::2",
- `"hostname"` - [
  "ip6-allrouters"
  ]
  }
  ]

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## info Objects

```python
class info()
```

Provides parser metadata (version, author, etc.)

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#### parse

```python
def parse(data, raw=False, quiet=False)
```

Main text parsing function

**Arguments**:

  
- `data` - (string)  text data to parse
- `raw` - (boolean) unprocessed output if True
- `quiet` - (boolean) suppress warning messages if True
  

**Returns**:

  
  List of Dictionaries. Raw or processed structured data.

## Parser Information
Compatibility:  linux, darwin, cygwin, win32, aix, freebsd

Version 1.4 by Kelly Brazil (kellyjonbrazil@gmail.com)