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jc - JSON Convert /proc/version file parser

Note: This parser will parse /proc/version files that follow the common format used by most popular linux distributions.

Usage (cli):

$ cat /proc/version | jc --proc

or

$ jc /proc/version

or

$ cat /proc/version | jc --proc-version

Usage (module):

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

or

import jc
result = jc.parse('proc_version', proc_version_file)

Schema:

{
  "version":                  string,
  "email":                    string,
  "gcc":                      string,
  "build":                    string,
  "flags":                    string/null,
  "date":                     string
}

Examples:

$ cat /proc/version | jc --proc -p
{
  "version": "5.8.0-63-generic",
  "email": "buildd@lcy01-amd64-028",
  "gcc": "gcc (Ubuntu 10.3.0-1ubuntu1~20.10) 10.3.0, GNU ld (GNU Binutils for Ubuntu) 2.35.1",
  "build": "#71-Ubuntu",
  "flags": "SMP",
  "date": "Tue Jul 13 15:59:12 UTC 2021"
}

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_version.py

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