JC

JSON CLI output utility

jc is used to JSONify the output of many standard linux cli tools for easier parsing in scripts. See the Parsers section for supported commands.

This allows further command line processing of output with tools like jq simply by piping commands:

$ ls -l /usr/bin | jc --ls | jq '.[] | select(.size > 50000000)'
{
  "filename": "docker",
  "flags": "-rwxr-xr-x",
  "links": 1,
  "owner": "root",
  "group": "root",
  "size": 68677120,
  "date": "Aug 14 19:41"
}

The jc parsers can also be used as python modules. In this case the output will be a python dictionary instead of JSON:

>>> import jc.parsers.ls
>>> 
>>> data='''-rwxr-xr-x  1 root  wheel    23648 May  3 22:26 cat
... -rwxr-xr-x  1 root  wheel    30016 May  3 22:26 chmod
... -rwxr-xr-x  1 root  wheel    29024 May  3 22:26 cp
... -rwxr-xr-x  1 root  wheel   375824 May  3 22:26 csh
... -rwxr-xr-x  1 root  wheel    28608 May  3 22:26 date
... -rwxr-xr-x  1 root  wheel    32000 May  3 22:26 dd
... -rwxr-xr-x  1 root  wheel    23392 May  3 22:26 df
... -rwxr-xr-x  1 root  wheel    18128 May  3 22:26 echo'''
>>>
>>> jc.parsers.ls.parse(data)
[{'filename': 'cat', 'flags': '-rwxr-xr-x', 'links': 1, 'owner': 'root', 'group': 'wheel', 'size': 23648,
'date': 'May 3 22:26'}, {'filename': 'chmod', 'flags': '-rwxr-xr-x', 'links': 1, 'owner': 'root',
'group': 'wheel', 'size': 30016, 'date': 'May 3 22:26'}, {'filename': 'cp', 'flags': '-rwxr-xr-x',
'links': 1, 'owner': 'root', 'group': 'wheel', 'size': 29024, 'date': 'May 3 22:26'}, {'filename': 'csh',
'flags': '-rwxr-xr-x', 'links': 1, 'owner': 'root', 'group': 'wheel', 'size': 375824, 'date': 'May 3
22:26'}, {'filename': 'date', 'flags': '-rwxr-xr-x', 'links': 1, 'owner': 'root', 'group': 'wheel',
'size': 28608, 'date': 'May 3 22:26'}, {'filename': 'dd', 'flags': '-rwxr-xr-x', 'links': 1, 'owner':
'root', 'group': 'wheel', 'size': 32000, 'date': 'May 3 22:26'}, {'filename': 'df', 'flags':
'-rwxr-xr-x', 'links': 1, 'owner': 'root', 'group': 'wheel', 'size': 23392, 'date': 'May 3 22:26'},
{'filename': 'echo', 'flags': '-rwxr-xr-x', 'links': 1, 'owner': 'root', 'group': 'wheel', 'size': 18128,
'date': 'May 3 22:26'}]

Two representations of the data are possible. The default representation uses a strict schema per parser and converts known numbers to int/float JSON values. Certain known values of None are converted to JSON Null, known boolean values are converted, and, in some cases, additional semantic context fields are added.

To access the raw, pre-processed JSON, use the -r or raw=True options.

Schemas for each parser can be found in the docs/parsers folder.

Note: Due to the introduction of schemas in version 1.5.1 the output will be different than in versions 1.1.1 and below. Now that schemas are defined, the output will be stable for future versions. You can still get similar output to prior versions with the -r or raw=true options. Though the goal is to keep all output stable, raw output may not be 100% indentical between releases.

Installation

$ pip3 install --upgrade jc

Usage

jc PARSER [OPTIONS]

jc accepts piped input from STDIN and outputs a JSON representation of the previous command's output to STDOUT. The JSON output can be compact or pretty formatted.

Parsers

• --arp enables the arp parser
• --df enables the df parser
• --dig enables the dig parser
• --env enables the env parser
• --free enables the free parser
• --history enables the history parser
• --ifconfig enables the ifconfig parser
• --iptables enables the iptables parser
• --jobs enables the jobs parser
• --ls enables the ls parser
• --lsblk enables the lsblk parser
• --lsmod enables the lsmod parser
• --lsof enables the lsof parser
• --mount enables the mount parser
• --netstat enables the netstat parser
• --ps enables the ps parser
• --route enables the route parser
• --uname enables the uname -a parser
• --uptime enables the uptime parser
• --w enables the w parser

Options

• -d debug mode. Prints trace messages if parsing issues encountered
• -p pretty format the JSON output
• -q quiet mode. Suppresses warning messages
• -r raw output. Provides a more literal JSON output with all values as text and no additional sematic processing

Examples

arp

$ arp | jc --arp -p
[
  {
    "address": "gateway",
    "hwtype": "ether",
    "hwaddress": "00:50:56:f7:4a:fc",
    "flags_mask": "C",
    "iface": "ens33"
  },
  {
    "address": "192.168.71.1",
    "hwtype": "ether",
    "hwaddress": "00:50:56:c0:00:08",
    "flags_mask": "C",
    "iface": "ens33"
  },
  {
    "address": "192.168.71.254",
    "hwtype": "ether",
    "hwaddress": "00:50:56:fe:7a:b4",
    "flags_mask": "C",
    "iface": "ens33"
  }
]

$ arp -a | jc --arp -p
[
  {
    "name": null,
    "address": "192.168.71.1",
    "hwtype": "ether",
    "hwaddress": "00:50:56:c0:00:08",
    "iface": "ens33"
  },
  {
    "name": null,
    "address": "192.168.71.254",
    "hwtype": "ether",
    "hwaddress": "00:50:56:fe:7a:b4",
    "iface": "ens33"
  },
  {
    "name": "_gateway",
    "address": "192.168.71.2",
    "hwtype": "ether",
    "hwaddress": "00:50:56:f7:4a:fc",
    "iface": "ens33"
  }
]

df

$ df | jc --df -p
[
  {
    "filesystem": "devtmpfs",
    "1k-blocks": 1918816,
    "used": 0,
    "available": 1918816,
    "use_percent": 0,
    "mounted_on": "/dev"
  },
  {
    "filesystem": "tmpfs",
    "1k-blocks": 1930664,
    "used": 0,
    "available": 1930664,
    "use_percent": 0,
    "mounted_on": "/dev/shm"
  },
  ...
]

dig

$ dig cnn.com www.cnn.com @205.251.194.64 | jc --dig -p
[
  {
    "id": 5509,
    "opcode": "QUERY",
    "status": "NOERROR",
    "flags": [
      "qr",
      "rd",
      "ra"
    ],
    "query_num": 1,
    "answer_num": 4,
    "authority_num": 0,
    "additional_num": 1,
    "question": {
      "name": "cnn.com.",
      "class": "IN",
      "type": "A"
    },
    "answer": [
      {
        "name": "cnn.com.",
        "class": "IN",
        "type": "A",
        "ttl": 60,
        "data": "151.101.129.67"
      },
      {
        "name": "cnn.com.",
        "class": "IN",
        "type": "A",
        "ttl": 60,
        "data": "151.101.193.67"
      },
      {
        "name": "cnn.com.",
        "class": "IN",
        "type": "A",
        "ttl": 60,
        "data": "151.101.1.67"
      },
      {
        "name": "cnn.com.",
        "class": "IN",
        "type": "A",
        "ttl": 60,
        "data": "151.101.65.67"
      }
    ],
    "query_time": 28,
    "server": "2600",
    "when": "Tue Nov 12 07:13:03 PST 2019",
    "rcvd": 100
  },
  {
    "id": 62696,
    "opcode": "QUERY",
    "status": "NOERROR",
    "flags": [
      "qr",
      "aa",
      "rd"
    ],
    "query_num": 1,
    "answer_num": 1,
    "authority_num": 4,
    "additional_num": 1,
    "question": {
      "name": "www.cnn.com.",
      "class": "IN",
      "type": "A"
    },
    "answer": [
      {
        "name": "www.cnn.com.",
        "class": "IN",
        "type": "CNAME",
        "ttl": 300,
        "data": "turner-tls.map.fastly.net."
      }
    ],
    "authority": [
      {
        "name": "cnn.com.",
        "class": "IN",
        "type": "NS",
        "ttl": 3600,
        "data": "ns-1086.awsdns-07.org."
      },
      {
        "name": "cnn.com.",
        "class": "IN",
        "type": "NS",
        "ttl": 3600,
        "data": "ns-1630.awsdns-11.co.uk."
      },
      {
        "name": "cnn.com.",
        "class": "IN",
        "type": "NS",
        "ttl": 3600,
        "data": "ns-47.awsdns-05.com."
      },
      {
        "name": "cnn.com.",
        "class": "IN",
        "type": "NS",
        "ttl": 3600,
        "data": "ns-576.awsdns-08.net."
      }
    ],
    "query_time": 29,
    "server": "205.251.194.64#53(205.251.194.64)",
    "when": "Tue Nov 12 07:13:03 PST 2019",
    "rcvd": 212
  }
]

$ dig -x 1.1.1.1 | jc --dig -p
[
  {
    "id": 50324,
    "opcode": "QUERY",
    "status": "NOERROR",
    "flags": [
      "qr",
      "rd",
      "ra"
    ],
    "query_num": 1,
    "answer_num": 1,
    "authority_num": 0,
    "additional_num": 1,
    "question": {
      "name": "1.1.1.1.in-addr.arpa.",
      "class": "IN",
      "type": "PTR"
    },
    "answer": [
      {
        "name": "1.1.1.1.in-addr.arpa.",
        "class": "IN",
        "type": "PTR",
        "ttl": 1634,
        "data": "one.one.one.one."
      }
    ],
    "query_time": 36,
    "server": "2600",
    "when": "Tue Nov 12 07:13:49 PST 2019",
    "rcvd": 78
  }
]

env

$ env | jc --env -p
[
  {
    "name": "XDG_SESSION_ID",
    "value": "1"
  },
  {
    "name": "HOSTNAME",
    "value": "localhost.localdomain"
  },
  {
    "name": "TERM",
    "value": "vt220"
  },
  {
    "name": "SHELL",
    "value": "/bin/bash"
  },
  {
    "name": "HISTSIZE",
    "value": "1000"
  },
  ...
]

free

$ free | jc --free -p
[
  {
    "type": "Mem",
    "total": 3861340,
    "used": 220508,
    "free": 3381972,
    "shared": 11800,
    "buff_cache": 258860,
    "available": 3397784
  },
  {
    "type": "Swap",
    "total": 2097148,
    "used": 0,
    "free": 2097148
  }
]

history

$ history | jc --history -p
[
  {
    "line": "118",
    "command": "sleep 100"
  },
  {
    "line": "119",
    "command": "ls /bin"
  },
  {
    "line": "120",
    "command": "echo \"hello\""
  },
  {
    "line": "121",
    "command": "docker images"
  },
  ...
]

ifconfig

$ ifconfig | jc --ifconfig -p
[
  {
    "name": "ens33",
    "flags": 4163,
    "state": "UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST",
    "mtu": 1500,
    "ipv4_addr": "192.168.71.138",
    "ipv4_mask": "255.255.255.0",
    "ipv4_bcast": "192.168.71.255",
    "ipv6_addr": "fe80::c1cb:715d:bc3e:b8a0",
    "ipv6_mask": 64,
    "ipv6_scope": "link",
    "mac_addr": "00:0c:29:3b:58:0e",
    "type": "Ethernet",
    "rx_packets": 6374,
    "rx_errors": 0,
    "rx_dropped": 0,
    "rx_overruns": 0,
    "rx_frame": 0,
    "tx_packets": 3707,
    "tx_errors": 0,
    "tx_dropped": 0,
    "tx_overruns": 0,
    "tx_carrier": 0,
    "tx_collisions": 0,
    "metric": null
  },
  {
    "name": "lo",
    "flags": 73,
    "state": "UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING",
    "mtu": 65536,
    "ipv4_addr": "127.0.0.1",
    "ipv4_mask": "255.0.0.0",
    "ipv4_bcast": null,
    "ipv6_addr": "::1",
    "ipv6_mask": 128,
    "ipv6_scope": "host",
    "mac_addr": null,
    "type": "Local Loopback",
    "rx_packets": 81,
    "rx_errors": 0,
    "rx_dropped": 0,
    "rx_overruns": 0,
    "rx_frame": 0,
    "tx_packets": 81,
    "tx_errors": 0,
    "tx_dropped": 0,
    "tx_overruns": 0,
    "tx_carrier": 0,
    "tx_collisions": 0,
    "metric": null
  }
]

iptables

$ sudo iptables --line-numbers -v -L -t nat | jc --iptables -p
[
  {
    "chain": "PREROUTING",
    "rules": [
      {
        "num": 1,
        "pkts": 2183,
        "bytes": 186000,
        "target": "PREROUTING_direct",
        "prot": "all",
        "opt": null,
        "in": "any",
        "out": "any",
        "source": "anywhere",
        "destination": "anywhere"
      },
      {
        "num": 2,
        "pkts": 2183,
        "bytes": 186000,
        "target": "PREROUTING_ZONES_SOURCE",
        "prot": "all",
        "opt": null,
        "in": "any",
        "out": "any",
        "source": "anywhere",
        "destination": "anywhere"
      },
      {
        "num": 3,
        "pkts": 2183,
        "bytes": 186000,
        "target": "PREROUTING_ZONES",
        "prot": "all",
        "opt": null,
        "in": "any",
        "out": "any",
        "source": "anywhere",
        "destination": "anywhere"
      },
      {
        "num": 4,
        "pkts": 0,
        "bytes": 0,
        "target": "DOCKER",
        "prot": "all",
        "opt": null,
        "in": "any",
        "out": "any",
        "source": "anywhere",
        "destination": "anywhere",
        "options": "ADDRTYPE match dst-type LOCAL"
      }
    ]
  },
  ...
]

jobs

$ jobs -l | jc --jobs -p
[
  {
    "job_number": 1,
    "pid": 5283,
    "status": "Running",
    "command": "sleep 10000 &"
  },
  {
    "job_number": 2,
    "pid": 5284,
    "status": "Running",
    "command": "sleep 10100 &"
  },
  {
    "job_number": 3,
    "pid": 5285,
    "history": "previous",
    "status": "Running",
    "command": "sleep 10001 &"
  },
  {
    "job_number": 4,
    "pid": 5286,
    "history": "current",
    "status": "Running",
    "command": "sleep 10112 &"
  }
]

ls

$ ls -l /usr/bin | jc --ls -p
[
  {
    "filename": "apropos",
    "link_to": "whatis",
    "flags": "lrwxrwxrwx.",
    "links": 1,
    "owner": "root",
    "group": "root",
    "size": 6,
    "date": "Aug 15 10:53"
  },
  {
    "filename": "ar",
    "flags": "-rwxr-xr-x.",
    "links": 1,
    "owner": "root",
    "group": "root",
    "size": 62744,
    "date": "Aug 8 16:14"
  },
  {
    "filename": "arch",
    "flags": "-rwxr-xr-x.",
    "links": 1,
    "owner": "root",
    "group": "root",
    "size": 33080,
    "date": "Aug 19 23:25"
  },
  ...
]

lsblk

$ lsblk | jc --lsblk -p
[
  {
    "name": "sda",
    "maj_min": "8:0",
    "rm": false,
    "size": "20G",
    "ro": false,
    "type": "disk",
    "mountpoint": null
  },
  {
    "name": "sda1",
    "maj_min": "8:1",
    "rm": false,
    "size": "1G",
    "ro": false,
    "type": "part",
    "mountpoint": "/boot"
  },
  ...
]

lsmod

$ lsmod | jc --lsmod -p
[
  ...
  {
    "module": "nf_nat",
    "size": 26583,
    "used": 3,
    "by": [
      "nf_nat_ipv4",
      "nf_nat_ipv6",
      "nf_nat_masquerade_ipv4"
    ]
  },
  {
    "module": "iptable_mangle",
    "size": 12695,
    "used": 1
  },
  {
    "module": "iptable_security",
    "size": 12705,
    "used": 1
  },
  {
    "module": "iptable_raw",
    "size": 12678,
    "used": 1
  },
  {
    "module": "nf_conntrack",
    "size": 139224,
    "used": 7,
    "by": [
      "nf_nat",
      "nf_nat_ipv4",
      "nf_nat_ipv6",
      "xt_conntrack",
      "nf_nat_masquerade_ipv4",
      "nf_conntrack_ipv4",
      "nf_conntrack_ipv6"
    ]
  },
  ...
]

lsof

$ sudo lsof | jc --lsof -p
[
  {
    "command": "systemd",
    "pid": 1,
    "tid": null,
    "user": "root",
    "fd": "cwd",
    "type": "DIR",
    "device": "253,0",
    "size_off": 224,
    "node": 64,
    "name": "/"
  },
  {
    "command": "systemd",
    "pid": 1,
    "tid": null,
    "user": "root",
    "fd": "rtd",
    "type": "DIR",
    "device": "253,0",
    "size_off": 224,
    "node": 64,
    "name": "/"
  },
  {
    "command": "systemd",
    "pid": 1,
    "tid": null,
    "user": "root",
    "fd": "txt",
    "type": "REG",
    "device": "253,0",
    "size_off": 1624520,
    "node": 50360451,
    "name": "/usr/lib/systemd/systemd"
  },
  ...
]

mount

$ mount | jc --mount -p
[
  {
    "filesystem": "sysfs",
    "mount_point": "/sys",
    "type": "sysfs",
    "options": [
      "rw",
      "nosuid",
      "nodev",
      "noexec",
      "relatime"
    ]
  },
  {
    "filesystem": "proc",
    "mount_point": "/proc",
    "type": "proc",
    "options": [
      "rw",
      "nosuid",
      "nodev",
      "noexec",
      "relatime"
    ]
  },
  {
    "filesystem": "udev",
    "mount_point": "/dev",
    "type": "devtmpfs",
    "options": [
      "rw",
      "nosuid",
      "relatime",
      "size=977500k",
      "nr_inodes=244375",
      "mode=755"
    ]
  },
  ...
]

netstat

$ sudo netstat -apee | jc --netstat -p
[
  {
    "proto": "tcp",
    "recv_q": 0,
    "send_q": 0,
    "local_address": "localhost",
    "foreign_address": "0.0.0.0",
    "state": "LISTEN",
    "user": "systemd-resolve",
    "inode": 26958,
    "program_name": "systemd-resolve",
    "kind": "network",
    "pid": 887,
    "local_port": "domain",
    "foreign_port": "*",
    "transport_protocol": "tcp",
    "network_protocol": "ipv4"
  },
  {
    "proto": "tcp",
    "recv_q": 0,
    "send_q": 0,
    "local_address": "0.0.0.0",
    "foreign_address": "0.0.0.0",
    "state": "LISTEN",
    "user": "root",
    "inode": 30499,
    "program_name": "sshd",
    "kind": "network",
    "pid": 1186,
    "local_port": "ssh",
    "foreign_port": "*",
    "transport_protocol": "tcp",
    "network_protocol": "ipv4"
  },
  {
    "proto": "tcp",
    "recv_q": 0,
    "send_q": 0,
    "local_address": "localhost",
    "foreign_address": "localhost",
    "state": "ESTABLISHED",
    "user": "root",
    "inode": 46829,
    "program_name": "sshd: root",
    "kind": "network",
    "pid": 2242,
    "local_port": "ssh",
    "foreign_port": "52186",
    "transport_protocol": "tcp",
    "network_protocol": "ipv4",
    "foreign_port_num": 52186
  },
  {
    "proto": "tcp",
    "recv_q": 0,
    "send_q": 0,
    "local_address": "localhost",
    "foreign_address": "localhost",
    "state": "ESTABLISHED",
    "user": "root",
    "inode": 46828,
    "program_name": "ssh",
    "kind": "network",
    "pid": 2241,
    "local_port": "52186",
    "foreign_port": "ssh",
    "transport_protocol": "tcp",
    "network_protocol": "ipv4",
    "local_port_num": 52186
  },
  {
    "proto": "tcp6",
    "recv_q": 0,
    "send_q": 0,
    "local_address": "[::]",
    "foreign_address": "[::]",
    "state": "LISTEN",
    "user": "root",
    "inode": 30510,
    "program_name": "sshd",
    "kind": "network",
    "pid": 1186,
    "local_port": "ssh",
    "foreign_port": "*",
    "transport_protocol": "tcp",
    "network_protocol": "ipv6"
  },
  {
    "proto": "udp",
    "recv_q": 0,
    "send_q": 0,
    "local_address": "localhost",
    "foreign_address": "0.0.0.0",
    "state": null,
    "user": "systemd-resolve",
    "inode": 26957,
    "program_name": "systemd-resolve",
    "kind": "network",
    "pid": 887,
    "local_port": "domain",
    "foreign_port": "*",
    "transport_protocol": "udp",
    "network_protocol": "ipv4"
  },
  {
    "proto": "raw6",
    "recv_q": 0,
    "send_q": 0,
    "local_address": "[::]",
    "foreign_address": "[::]",
    "state": "7",
    "user": "systemd-network",
    "inode": 27001,
    "program_name": "systemd-network",
    "kind": "network",
    "pid": 867,
    "local_port": "ipv6-icmp",
    "foreign_port": "*",
    "transport_protocol": null,
    "network_protocol": "ipv6"
  },
  {
    "proto": "unix",
    "refcnt": 2,
    "flags": null,
    "type": "DGRAM",
    "state": null,
    "inode": 33322,
    "program_name": "systemd",
    "path": "/run/user/1000/systemd/notify",
    "kind": "socket",
    "pid": 1607
  },
  {
    "proto": "unix",
    "refcnt": 2,
    "flags": "ACC",
    "type": "SEQPACKET",
    "state": "LISTENING",
    "inode": 20835,
    "program_name": "init",
    "path": "/run/udev/control",
    "kind": "socket",
    "pid": 1
  },
  ...
]

ps

$ ps -ef | jc --ps -p
[
  {
    "uid": "root",
    "pid": 1,
    "ppid": 0,
    "c": 0,
    "stime": "Nov01",
    "tty": null,
    "time": "00:00:11",
    "cmd": "/usr/lib/systemd/systemd --switched-root --system --deserialize 22"
  },
  {
    "uid": "root",
    "pid": 2,
    "ppid": 0,
    "c": 0,
    "stime": "Nov01",
    "tty": null,
    "time": "00:00:00",
    "cmd": "[kthreadd]"
  },
  {
    "uid": "root",
    "pid": 4,
    "ppid": 2,
    "c": 0,
    "stime": "Nov01",
    "tty": null,
    "time": "00:00:00",
    "cmd": "[kworker/0:0H]"
  },
  ...
]

$ ps axu | jc --ps -p
[
  {
    "user": "root",
    "pid": 1,
    "cpu_percent": "0.0",
    "mem_percent": "0.1",
    "vsz": "128072",
    "rss": "6676",
    "tty": null,
    "stat": "Ss",
    "start": "Nov09",
    "time": "0:06",
    "command": "/usr/lib/systemd/systemd --switched-root --system --deserialize 22"
  },
  {
    "user": "root",
    "pid": 2,
    "cpu_percent": "0.0",
    "mem_percent": "0.0",
    "vsz": "0",
    "rss": "0",
    "tty": null,
    "stat": "S",
    "start": "Nov09",
    "time": "0:00",
    "command": "[kthreadd]"
  },
  {
    "user": "root",
    "pid": 4,
    "cpu_percent": "0.0",
    "mem_percent": "0.0",
    "vsz": "0",
    "rss": "0",
    "tty": null,
    "stat": "S<",
    "start": "Nov09",
    "time": "0:00",
    "command": "[kworker/0:0H]"
  },
  ...
]

route

$ route -ee | jc --route -p
[
  {
    "destination": "default",
    "gateway": "gateway",
    "genmask": "0.0.0.0",
    "flags": "UG",
    "metric": 100,
    "ref": 0,
    "use": 0,
    "iface": "ens33",
    "mss": 0,
    "window": 0,
    "irtt": 0
  },
  {
    "destination": "172.17.0.0",
    "gateway": "0.0.0.0",
    "genmask": "255.255.0.0",
    "flags": "U",
    "metric": 0,
    "ref": 0,
    "use": 0,
    "iface": "docker",
    "mss": 0,
    "window": 0,
    "irtt": 0
  },
  {
    "destination": "192.168.71.0",
    "gateway": "0.0.0.0",
    "genmask": "255.255.255.0",
    "flags": "U",
    "metric": 100,
    "ref": 0,
    "use": 0,
    "iface": "ens33",
    "mss": 0,
    "window": 0,
    "irtt": 0
  }
]

uname -a

$ uname -a | jc --uname -p
{
  "kernel_name": "Linux",
  "node_name": "user-ubuntu",
  "kernel_release": "4.15.0-65-generic",
  "operating_system": "GNU/Linux",
  "hardware_platform": "x86_64",
  "processor": "x86_64",
  "machine": "x86_64",
  "kernel_version": "#74-Ubuntu SMP Tue Sep 17 17:06:04 UTC 2019"
}

uptime

$ uptime | jc --uptime -p
{
  "time": "11:30:44",
  "uptime": "1 day, 21:17",
  "users": 1,
  "load_1m": 0.01,
  "load_5m": 0.04,
  "load_15m": 0.05
}

w

$ w | jc --w -p
[
  {
    "user": "root",
    "tty": "tty1",
    "from": null,
    "login_at": "07:49",
    "idle": "1:15m",
    "jcpu": "0.00s",
    "pcpu": "0.00s",
    "what": "-bash"
  },
  {
    "user": "root",
    "tty": "ttyS0",
    "from": null,
    "login_at": "06:24",
    "idle": "0.00s",
    "jcpu": "0.43s",
    "pcpu": "0.00s",
    "what": "w"
  },
  {
    "user": "root",
    "tty": "pts/0",
    "from": "192.168.71.1",
    "login_at": "06:29",
    "idle": "2:35m",
    "jcpu": "0.00s",
    "pcpu": "0.00s",
    "what": "-bash"
  }
]

TODO

Future parsers:

• ss
• nslookup
• stat
• sar
• sadf
• systemctl
• journalctl
• hosts file
• fstab file
• crontab files
• /proc files
• /sys files

Contributions

Feel free to add/improve code or parsers! You can use the jc/parsers/foo.py parser as a template and submit your parser with a pull request.

Compatibility

Tested on:

• Centos 7.7
• Ubuntu 18.4

Acknowledgments

• ifconfig-parser module from https://github.com/KnightWhoSayNi/ifconfig-parser
• Parsing code from Conor Heine at https://gist.github.com/cahna/43a1a3ff4d075bcd71f9d7120037a501 adapted for some parsers