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# jc.parsers.wc

jc - JSON CLI output utility `wc` command output parser

Usage (cli):

$ wc file.txt | jc --wc

or

$ jc wc file.txt

Usage (module):

import jc
result = jc.parse('wc', wc_command_output)

or

import jc.parsers.wc
result = jc.parsers.wc.parse(wc_command_output)

Schema:

[
{
"filename":     string,
"lines":        integer,
"words":        integer,
"characters":   integer
}
]

**Examples**:

  
  $ wc * | jc --wc -p
  [
  {
- `"filename"` - "airport-I.json",
- `"lines"` - 1,
- `"words"` - 30,
- `"characters"` - 307
  },
  {
- `"filename"` - "airport-I.out",
- `"lines"` - 15,
- `"words"` - 33,
- `"characters"` - 348
  },
  {
- `"filename"` - "airport-s.json",
- `"lines"` - 1,
- `"words"` - 202,
- `"characters"` - 2152
  },
  ...
  ]

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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, aix, freebsd

Version 1.3 by Kelly Brazil (kellyjonbrazil@gmail.com)