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jc - JSON CLI output utility sysctl -a command output parser

Note: Since sysctl output is not easily parsable only a very simple key/value object will be output. An attempt is made to convert obvious integers and floats. If no conversion is desired, use the -r command-line argument or the raw=True argument in parse().

Usage (cli):

$ sysctl -a | jc --sysctl

or

$ jc sysctl -a

Usage (module):

import jc result = jc.parse('sysctl', sysctl_command_output)

or

import jc.parsers.sysctl result = jc.parsers.sysctl.parse(sysctl_command_output)

Schema:

{ "key1": string/integer/float, # best guess based on value "key2": string/integer/float, "key3": string/integer/float }

Examples:

$ sysctl -a | jc --sysctl -p {

• "user.cs_path" - "/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin",

• "user.bc_base_max" - 99,

• "user.bc_dim_max" - 2048,

• "user.bc_scale_max" - 99,

• "user.bc_string_max" - 1000,

• "user.coll_weights_max" - 2,

• "user.expr_nest_max" - 32 ... }

  $ sysctl -a | jc --sysctl -p -r {

• "user.cs_path" - "/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin",

• "user.bc_base_max" - "99",

• "user.bc_dim_max" - "2048",

• "user.bc_scale_max" - "99",

• "user.bc_string_max" - "1000",

• "user.coll_weights_max" - "2",

• "user.expr_nest_max" - "32", ... }

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, freebsd

Version 1.2 by Kelly Brazil (kellyjonbrazil@gmail.com)