# jc.parsers.crontab jc - JSON CLI output utility crontab file Parser Usage: specify --crontab as the first argument if the piped input is coming from a crontab file Compatibility: 'linux', 'aix', 'freebsd' Examples: $ crontab | jc --crontab -p { "variables": [ { "name": "MAILTO", "value": "root" }, { "name": "PATH", "value": "/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin" }, { "name": "SHELL", "value": "/bin/bash" } ], "schedule": [ { "minute": [ "5" ], "hour": [ "10-11", "22" ], "day_of_month": [ "*" ], "month": [ "*" ], "day_of_week": [ "*" ], "command": "/var/www/devdaily.com/bin/mk-new-links.php" }, { "minute": [ "30" ], "hour": [ "4/2" ], "day_of_month": [ "*" ], "month": [ "*" ], "day_of_week": [ "*" ], "command": "/var/www/devdaily.com/bin/create-all-backups.sh" }, { "occurrence": "yearly", "command": "/home/maverick/bin/annual-maintenance" }, { "occurrence": "reboot", "command": "/home/cleanup" }, { "occurrence": "monthly", "command": "/home/maverick/bin/tape-backup" } ] } $ crontab | jc --crontab -p -r { "variables": [ { "name": "MAILTO", "value": "root" }, { "name": "PATH", "value": "/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin" }, { "name": "SHELL", "value": "/bin/bash" } ], "schedule": [ { "minute": "5", "hour": "10-11,22", "day_of_month": "*", "month": "*", "day_of_week": "*", "command": "/var/www/devdaily.com/bin/mk-new-links.php" }, { "minute": "30", "hour": "4/2", "day_of_month": "*", "month": "*", "day_of_week": "*", "command": "/var/www/devdaily.com/bin/create-all-backups.sh" }, { "occurrence": "yearly", "command": "/home/maverick/bin/annual-maintenance" }, { "occurrence": "reboot", "command": "/home/cleanup" }, { "occurrence": "monthly", "command": "/home/maverick/bin/tape-backup" } ] } ## info ```python info(self, /, *args, **kwargs) ``` ## process ```python process(proc_data) ``` Final processing to conform to the schema. Parameters: proc_data: (dictionary) raw structured data to process Returns: dictionary structured data with the following schema: [ { "occurrence" string, "minute": [ string ], "hour": [ string ], "day_of_month": [ string ], "month": [ string ], "day_of_week": [ string ], "username": string } ] ## parse ```python parse(data, raw=False, quiet=False) ``` Main text parsing function Parameters: data: (string) text data to parse raw: (boolean) output preprocessed JSON if True quiet: (boolean) suppress warning messages if True Returns: dictionary raw or processed structured data