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jc - JSON Convert /proc/devices file parser

Usage (cli):

$ cat /proc/devices | jc --proc

or

$ jc /proc/devices

or

$ cat /proc/devices | jc --proc-devices

Usage (module):

import jc
result = jc.parse('proc', proc_devices_file)

or

import jc
result = jc.parse('proc_devices', proc_devices_file)

Schema:

Since devices can be members of multiple groups, the value for each device is a list.

{
  "character": {
    "<device number>": [
                                string
    ]
  },
  "block": {
    "<device number>": [
                                string
    ]
  }
}

Examples:

$ cat /proc/devices | jc --proc -p
{
  "character": {
    "1": [
      "mem"
    ],
    "4": [
      "/dev/vc/0",
      "tty",
      "ttyS"
    ],
    "5": [
      "/dev/tty",
      "/dev/console",
      "/dev/ptmx",
      "ttyprintk"
    ],
  "block": {
    "7": [
      "loop"
    ],
    "8": [
      "sd"
    ],
    "9": [
      "md"
    ]
  }
}

parse

def parse(data: str, raw: bool = False, quiet: bool = False) -> Dict

Main text parsing function

Parameters:

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

Returns:

Dictionary. Raw or processed structured data.

Parser Information

Compatibility: linux

Source: jc/parsers/proc_devices.py

Version 1.0 by Kelly Brazil (kellyjonbrazil@gmail.com)