pull each parser as a json object into a bash array and iterate on it to add supplementary information like version, author, and compatibility

docgen.sh

@@ -11,10 +11,26 @@ pydocmd simple utils+ > ../docs/utils.md
 # a bit of inception here... jc is being used to help
 # automate the generation of its own documentation. :)
 
-parsers=$(jc -a | jq -r .parsers[].name)
-
-for parser in $parsers
+# pull jc parser objects into a bash array from jq
+parsers=()
+while read -r value
 do
-    echo Building docs for: $parser
-    pydocmd simple jc.parsers.${parser}+ > ../docs/parsers/${parser}.md
+  parsers+=("$value")
+done < <(jc -a | jq -c '.parsers[]')
+
+# iterate over the bash array
+for parser in "${parsers[@]}"
+do
+    # pydocmd simple jc.parsers.${parser}+ > ../docs/parsers/${parser}.md
+    parser_name=$(echo -e "$parser" | jq -r '.name' )
+    compatible=$(echo -e "$parser" | jq -r '.compatible | join(", ")')
+    version=$(echo -e "$parser" | jq -r '.version')
+    author=$(echo -e "$parser" | jq -r '.author')
+    author_email=$(echo -e "$parser" | jq -r '.author_email')
+
+    echo "Building docs for: ${parser_name}"
+    pydocmd simple jc.parsers."${parser_name}"+ > ../docs/parsers/"${parser_name}".md
+    echo "Compatibility:  ${compatible}" >> ../docs/parsers/"${parser_name}".md
+    echo >> ../docs/parsers/"${parser_name}".md
+    echo "Version ${version} by ${author} (${author_email})" >> ../docs/parsers/"${parser_name}".md
 done