jc/docs/parsers/gshadow.md

jc.parsers.gshadow

jc - JSON CLI output utility /etc/gshadow file Parser

Usage:

specify --gshadow as the first argument if the piped input is coming from /etc/gshadow

Compatibility:

'linux', 'aix', 'freebsd'

Examples:

$ cat /etc/gshadow | jc --gshadow -p
[
  {
    "group_name": "root",
    "password": "*",
    "administrators": [],
    "members": []
  },
  {
    "group_name": "adm",
    "password": "*",
    "administrators": [],
    "members": [
      "syslog",
      "joeuser"
    ]
  },
  ...
]

$ cat /etc/gshadow | jc --gshadow -p -r
[
  {
    "group_name": "root",
    "password": "*",
    "administrators": [
      ""
    ],
    "members": [
      ""
    ]
  },
  {
    "group_name": "adm",
    "password": "*",
    "administrators": [
      ""
    ],
    "members": [
      "syslog",
      "joeuser"
    ]
  },
  ...
]

info

info(self, /, *args, **kwargs)

process

process(proc_data)

Final processing to conform to the schema.

Parameters:

proc_data:   (dictionary) raw structured data to process

Returns:

List of dictionaries. Structured data with the following schema:

[
  {
    "group_name":       string,
    "password":         string,
    "administrators": [
                        string
    ],
    "members": [
                        string
    ]
  }
]

parse

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:

List of dictionaries. Raw or processed structured data.