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jc - JSON CLI output utility crontab -l command output and crontab file parser

This version of the crontab -l parser supports output that contains user information for processes.

Usage (cli):

$ crontab -l | jc --crontab-u

Usage (module):

import jc result = jc.parse('crontab_u', crontab_u_output)

or

import jc.parsers.crontab_u result = jc.parsers.crontab_u.parse(crontab_u_output)

Schema:

{ "variables": [ { "name": string, "value": string } ], "schedule": [ { "occurrence" string, "minute": [ string ], "hour": [ string ], "day_of_month": [ string ], "month": [ string ], "day_of_week": [ string ], "occurrence": string, "user": string, "command": string } ] }

Examples:

$ cat /etc/crontab | jc --crontab-u -p {

• "variables" - [ {

• "name" - "PATH",

• "value" - "/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/sb..." }, {

• "name" - "SHELL",

• "value" - "/bin/sh" } ],

• "schedule" - [ {

• "minute" - [ "25" ],

• "hour" - [ "6" ],

• "day_of_month" - [ "*" ],

• "month" - [ "*" ],

• "day_of_week" - [ "*" ],

• "user" - "root",

• "command" - "test -x /usr/sbin/anacron || ( cd / && run-parts ..." }, {

• "minute" - [ "47" ],

• "hour" - [ "6" ],

• "day_of_month" - [ "*" ],

• "month" - [ "*" ],

• "day_of_week" - [ "7" ],

• "user" - "root",

• "command" - "test -x /usr/sbin/anacron || ( cd / && run-parts ..." }, {

• "minute" - [ "52" ],

• "hour" - [ "6" ],

• "day_of_month" - [ "1" ],

• "month" - [ "*" ],

• "day_of_week" - [ "*" ],

• "user" - "root",

• "command" - "test -x /usr/sbin/anacron || ( cd / && run-parts ..." } ] }

  $ cat /etc/crontab | jc --crontab-u -p -r {

• "variables" - [ {

• "name" - "PATH",

• "value" - "/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/..." }, {

• "name" - "SHELL",

• "value" - "/bin/sh" } ],

• "schedule" - [ {

• "minute" - "25",

• "hour" - "6",

• "day_of_month" - "*",

• "month" - "*",

• "day_of_week" - "*",

• "user" - "root",

• "command" - "test -x /usr/sbin/anacron || ( cd / && run-parts ..." }, {

• "minute" - "47",

• "hour" - "6",

• "day_of_month" - "*",

• "month" - "*",

• "day_of_week" - "7",

• "user" - "root",

• "command" - "test -x /usr/sbin/anacron || ( cd / && run-parts ..." }, {

• "minute" - "52",

• "hour" - "6",

• "day_of_month" - "1",

• "month" - "*",

• "day_of_week" - "*",

• "user" - "root",

• "command" - "test -x /usr/sbin/anacron || ( cd / && run-parts ..." } ] }

info Objects

class info()

Provides parser metadata (version, author, etc.)

parse

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:

Dictionary. Raw or processed structured data.

Parser Information

Compatibility: linux, darwin, aix, freebsd

Version 1.7 by Kelly Brazil (kellyjonbrazil@gmail.com)