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JC

JSON Convert

jc JSONifies the output of many CLI tools, file-types, and common strings for easier parsing in scripts. See the Parsers section for supported commands, file-types, and strings.

dig example.com | jc --dig

[{"id":38052,"opcode":"QUERY","status":"NOERROR","flags":["qr","rd","ra"],
"query_num":1,"answer_num":1,"authority_num":0,"additional_num":1,
"opt_pseudosection":{"edns":{"version":0,"flags":[],"udp":4096}},"question":
{"name":"example.com.","class":"IN","type":"A"},"answer":[{"name":
"example.com.","class":"IN","type":"A","ttl":39049,"data":"93.184.216.34"}],
"query_time":49,"server":"2600:1700:bab0:d40::1#53(2600:1700:bab0:d40::1)",
"when":"Fri Apr 16 16:09:00 PDT 2021","rcvd":56,"when_epoch":1618614540,
"when_epoch_utc":null}]

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

$ dig example.com | jc --dig | jq -r '.[].answer[].data'
93.184.216.34

or using the alternative "magic" syntax:

$ jc dig example.com | jq -r '.[].answer[].data'
93.184.216.34

jc can also be used as a python library. In this case the returned value will be a python dictionary, a list of dictionaries, or even a lazy iterable of dictionaries instead of JSON:

>>> import subprocess
>>> import jc
>>>
>>> cmd_output = subprocess.check_output(['dig', 'example.com'], text=True)
>>> data = jc.parse('dig', cmd_output)
>>>
>>> data[0]['answer']
[{'name': 'example.com.', 'class': 'IN', 'type': 'A', 'ttl': 29658, 'data':
'93.184.216.34'}]

For jc Python package documentation, use help('jc'), help('jc.lib'), or see the online documentation.

Two representations of the data are available. 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 cli option or the raw=True function parameter in parse() when using jc as a python library.

Schemas for each parser can be found at the documentation link beside each Parser below.

Release notes can be found in the Releases section on Github.

Why Would Anyone Do This!?

For more information on the motivations for this project, please see my blog post on Bringing the Unix Philosophy to the 21st Century and my interview with Console.

See also:

Use Cases:

Installation

There are several ways to get jc. You can install via pip, OS package repositories, or by downloading the correct binary for your architecture and running it anywhere on your filesystem.

Pip (macOS, linux, unix, Windows)

Pypi

pip3 install jc

OS Package Repositories

OS Command
Debian/Ubuntu linux apt-get install jc
Fedora linux dnf install jc
openSUSE linux zypper install jc
Arch linux pacman -S jc
NixOS linux nix-env -iA nixpkgs.jc or nix-env -iA nixos.jc
Guix System linux guix install jc
Gentoo Linux emerge dev-python/jc
Photon linux tdnf install jc
macOS brew install jc
FreeBSD portsnap fetch update && cd /usr/ports/textproc/py-jc && make install clean
Ansible filter plugin ansible-galaxy collection install community.general
FortiSOAR connector Install from FortiSOAR Connector Marketplace

For more OS Packages, see https://repology.org/project/jc/versions.

Binaries

For precompiled binaries, see Releases on Github.

Usage

jc accepts piped input from STDIN and outputs a JSON representation of the previous command's output to STDOUT.

COMMAND | jc [SLICE] [OPTIONS] PARSER
cat FILE | jc [SLICE] [OPTIONS] PARSER
echo STRING | jc [SLICE] [OPTIONS] PARSER

Alternatively, the "magic" syntax can be used by prepending jc to the command to be converted or in front of the absolute path for Proc files. Options can be passed to jc immediately before the command or Proc file path is given. (Note: command aliases and shell builtins are not supported)

jc [SLICE] [OPTIONS] COMMAND
jc [SLICE] [OPTIONS] /proc/<path-to-procfile>

The JSON output can be compact (default) or pretty formatted with the -p option.

Parsers

Argument Command or Filetype Documentation
--acpi acpi command parser details
--airport airport -I command parser details
--airport-s airport -s command parser details
--apt-cache-show apt-cache show command parser details
--apt-get-sqq apt-get -sqq command parser details
--arp arp command parser details
--asciitable ASCII and Unicode table parser details
--asciitable-m multi-line ASCII and Unicode table parser details
--blkid blkid command parser details
--bluetoothctl bluetoothctl command parser details
--cbt cbt (Google Bigtable) command parser details
--cef CEF string parser details
--cef-s CEF string streaming parser details
--certbot certbot command parser details
--chage chage --list command parser details
--cksum cksum and sum command parser details
--clf Common and Combined Log Format file parser details
--clf-s Common and Combined Log Format file streaming parser details
--crontab crontab command and file parser details
--crontab-u crontab file parser with user support details
--csv CSV file parser details
--csv-s CSV file streaming parser details
--curl-head curl --head command parser details
--date date command parser details
--datetime-iso ISO 8601 Datetime string parser details
--debconf-show debconf-show command parser details
--df df command parser details
--dig dig command parser details
--dir dir command parser details
--dmidecode dmidecode command parser details
--dpkg-l dpkg -l command parser details
--du du command parser details
--efibootmgr efibootmgr command parser details
--email-address Email Address string parser details
--env env command parser details
--ethtool ethtool command parser details
--file file command parser details
--find find command parser details
--findmnt findmnt command parser details
--finger finger command parser details
--free free command parser details
--fstab /etc/fstab file parser details
--git-log git log command parser details
--git-log-s git log command streaming parser details
--git-ls-remote git ls-remote command parser details
--gpg gpg --with-colons command parser details
--group /etc/group file parser details
--gshadow /etc/gshadow file parser details
--hash hash command parser details
--hashsum hashsum command parser (md5sum, shasum, etc.) details
--hciconfig hciconfig command parser details
--history history command parser details
--host host command parser details
--hosts /etc/hosts file parser details
--http-headers HTTP headers parser details
--id id command parser details
--ifconfig ifconfig command parser details
--ini INI file parser details
--ini-dup INI with duplicate key file parser details
--iostat iostat command parser details
--iostat-s iostat command streaming parser details
--ip-address IPv4 and IPv6 Address string parser details
--ipconfig ipconfig Windows command parser details
--iptables iptables command parser details
--ip-route ip route command parser details
--iw-scan iw dev [device] scan command parser details
--iwconfig iwconfig command parser details
--jar-manifest Java MANIFEST.MF file parser details
--jobs jobs command parser details
--jwt JWT string parser details
--kv Key/Value file and string parser details
--kv-dup Key/Value with duplicate key file and string parser details
--last last and lastb command parser details
--ls ls command parser details
--ls-s ls command streaming parser details
--lsattr lsattr command parser details
--lsb-release lsb_release command parser details
--lsblk lsblk command parser details
--lsmod lsmod command parser details
--lsof lsof command parser details
--lspci lspci -mmv command parser details
--lsusb lsusb command parser details
--m3u M3U and M3U8 file parser details
--mdadm mdadm command parser details
--mount mount command parser details
--mpstat mpstat command parser details
--mpstat-s mpstat command streaming parser details
--needrestart needrestart -b command parser details
--netstat netstat command parser details
--nmcli nmcli command parser details
--nsd-control nsd-control command parser details
--ntpq ntpq -p command parser details
--openvpn openvpn-status.log file parser details
--os-prober os-prober command parser details
--os-release /etc/os-release file parser details
--pacman pacman command parser details
--passwd /etc/passwd file parser details
--path POSIX path string parser details
--path-list POSIX path list string parser details
--pci-ids pci.ids file parser details
--pgpass PostgreSQL password file parser details
--pidstat pidstat -H command parser details
--pidstat-s pidstat -H command streaming parser details
--ping ping and ping6 command parser details
--ping-s ping and ping6 command streaming parser details
--pip-list pip list command parser details
--pip-show pip show command parser details
--pkg-index-apk Alpine Linux Package Index file parser details
--pkg-index-deb Debian Package Index file parser details
--plist PLIST file parser details
--postconf postconf -M command parser details
--proc /proc/ file parser details
--ps ps command parser details
--resolve-conf /etc/resolve.conf file parser details
--route route command parser details
--rpm-qi rpm -qi command parser details
--rsync rsync command parser details
--rsync-s rsync command streaming parser details
--semver Semantic Version string parser details
--sfdisk sfdisk command parser details
--shadow /etc/shadow file parser details
--srt SRT file parser details
--ss ss command parser details
--ssh-conf ssh config file and ssh -G command parser details
--sshd-conf sshd config file and sshd -T command parser details
--stat stat command parser details
--stat-s stat command streaming parser details
--swapon swapon command parser details
--sysctl sysctl command parser details
--syslog Syslog RFC 5424 string parser details
--syslog-s Syslog RFC 5424 string streaming parser details
--syslog-bsd Syslog RFC 3164 string parser details
--syslog-bsd-s Syslog RFC 3164 string streaming parser details
--systemctl systemctl command parser details
--systemctl-lj systemctl list-jobs command parser details
--systemctl-ls systemctl list-sockets command parser details
--systemctl-luf systemctl list-unit-files command parser details
--systeminfo systeminfo command parser details
--time /usr/bin/time command parser details
--timedatectl timedatectl status command parser details
--timestamp Unix Epoch Timestamp string parser details
--toml TOML file parser details
--top top -b command parser details
--top-s top -b command streaming parser details
--tracepath tracepath and tracepath6 command parser details
--traceroute traceroute and traceroute6 command parser details
--tune2fs tune2fs -l command parser details
--udevadm udevadm info command parser details
--ufw ufw status command parser details
--ufw-appinfo ufw app info [application] command parser details
--uname uname -a command parser details
--update-alt-gs update-alternatives --get-selections command parser details
--update-alt-q update-alternatives --query command parser details
--upower upower command parser details
--uptime uptime command parser details
--url URL string parser details
--ver Version string parser details
--veracrypt veracrypt command parser details
--vmstat vmstat command parser details
--vmstat-s vmstat command streaming parser details
--w w command parser details
--wc wc command parser details
--wg-show wg show command parser details
--who who command parser details
--x509-cert X.509 PEM and DER certificate file parser details
--x509-csr X.509 PEM and DER certificate request file parser details
--xml XML file parser details
--xrandr xrandr command parser details
--yaml YAML file parser details
--zipinfo zipinfo command parser details
--zpool-iostat zpool iostat command parser details
--zpool-status zpool status command parser details

Options

Short Long Description
-a --about About jc. Prints information about jc and the parsers (in JSON or YAML, of course!)
-C --force-color Force color output even when using pipes (overrides -m and the NO_COLOR env variable)
-d --debug Debug mode. Prints trace messages if parsing issues are encountered (use-dd for verbose debugging)
-h --help Help. Use jc -h --parser_name for parser documentation. Use twice to show hidden parsers (e.g. -hh). Use thrice to show parser categories (e.g. -hhh).
-m --monochrome Monochrome output
-M --meta-out Add metadata to output including timestamp, parser name, magic command, magic command exit code, etc.
-p --pretty Pretty format the JSON output
-q --quiet Quiet mode. Suppresses parser warning messages (use -qq to ignore streaming parser errors)
-r --raw Raw output. Provides more literal output, typically with string values and no additional semantic processing
-s --slurp Slurp multiple lines into an array. (use -hhh to find compatible parsers)
-u --unbuffer Unbuffer output
-v --version Version information
-y --yaml-out YAML output
-B --bash-comp Generate Bash shell completion script (more info)
-Z --zsh-comp Generate Zsh shell completion script (more info)

Slice

Line slicing is supported using the START:STOP syntax similar to Python slicing. This allows you to skip lines at the beginning and/or end of the STDIN input you would like jc to convert.

START and STOP can be positive or negative integers or blank and allow you to specify how many lines to skip and how many lines to process. Positive and blank slices are the most memory efficient. Any negative integers in the slice will use more memory.

For example, to skip the first and last line of the following text, you could express the slice in a couple ways:

$ cat table.txt
      ### We want to skip this header ###
          col1       col2
          foo        1
          bar        2
      ### We want to skip this footer ###
$ cat table.txt | jc 1:-1 --asciitable
[{"col1":"foo","col2":"1"},{"col1":"bar","col2":"2"}]
$ cat table.txt | jc 1:4 --asciitable
[{"col1":"foo","col2":"1"},{"col1":"bar","col2":"2"}]

In this example 1:-1 and 1:4 line slices provide the same output.

When using positive integers the index location of STOP is non-inclusive. Positive slices count from the first line of the input toward the end starting at 0 as the first line. Negative slices count from the last line toward the beginning starting at -1 as the last line. This is also the way Python's slicing feature works.

Here is a breakdown of line slice options:

Slice Notation Input Lines Processed
START:STOP lines START through STOP - 1
START: lines START through the rest of the output
:STOP lines from the beginning through STOP - 1
-START:STOP START lines from the end through STOP - 1
START:-STOP lines START through STOP lines from the end
-START:-STOP START lines from the end through STOP lines from the end
-START: START lines from the end through the rest of the output
:-STOP lines from the beginning through STOP lines from the end
: all lines

Slurp

Some parsers support multi-item input and can output an array of results in a single pass. Slurping works for string parsers that accept a single line of input. (e.g. url and ip-address) To see a list of parsers that support the --slurp option, use jc -hhh.

For example, you can send a file with multiple IP addresses (one per line) to jc with the --slurp option and an array of results will output:

$ cat ip-addresses.txt | jc --slurp --ip-address
[<multiple output objects>]

The magic syntax for /proc files automatically supports slurping of multiple files (no need to use the --slurp option). For example, you can convert many PID files at once:

$ jc /proc/*/status
[<multiple output objects>]

When the /proc magic syntax is used and multiple files are selected, an additional _file field is inserted in the output so it is easier to tell what file each output object refers to.

Finally, the --meta-out option can be used in conjunction with slurped output. In this case, the slurped output is wrapped in an object with the following structure:

{
  "result": [<multiple output objects>],
  "_jc_meta": {
    "parser": "url",
    "timestamp": 1706235558.654576,
    "slice_start": null,
    "slice_end": null,
    "input_list": [
      "http://www.google.com",
      "https://www.apple.com",
      "https://www.microsoft.com"
    ]
  }
}

With --meta-out, input_list contains a list of inputs (actual input strings or /proc filenames) so you can identify which output object relates to each input string or /proc filename.

Exit Codes

Any fatal errors within jc will generate an exit code of 100, otherwise the exit code will be 0.

When using the "magic" syntax (e.g. jc ifconfig eth0), jc will store the exit code of the program being parsed and add it to the jc exit code. This way it is easier to determine if an error was from the parsed program or jc.

Consider the following examples using ifconfig:

ifconfig exit code jc exit code Combined exit code Interpretation
0 0 0 No errors
1 0 1 Error in ifconfig
0 100 100 Error in jc
1 100 101 Error in both ifconfig and jc

When using the "magic" syntax you can also retrieve the exit code of the called program by using the --meta-out or -M option. This will append a _jc_meta object to the output that will include the magic command information, including the exit code.

Here is an example with ping:

$ jc --meta-out -p ping -c2 192.168.1.252
{
  "destination_ip": "192.168.1.252",
  "data_bytes": 56,
  "pattern": null,
  "destination": "192.168.1.252",
  "packets_transmitted": 2,
  "packets_received": 0,
  "packet_loss_percent": 100.0,
  "duplicates": 0,
  "responses": [
    {
      "type": "timeout",
      "icmp_seq": 0,
      "duplicate": false
    }
  ],
  "_jc_meta": {
    "parser": "ping",
    "timestamp": 1661357115.27949,
    "magic_command": [
      "ping",
      "-c2",
      "192.168.1.252"
    ],
    "magic_command_exit": 2
  }
}
$ echo $?
2

Setting Custom Colors via Environment Variable

You can specify custom colors via the JC_COLORS environment variable. The JC_COLORS environment variable takes four comma separated string values in the following format:

JC_COLORS=<keyname_color>,<keyword_color>,<number_color>,<string_color>

Where colors are: black, red, green, yellow, blue, magenta, cyan, gray, brightblack, brightred, brightgreen, brightyellow, brightblue, brightmagenta, brightcyan, white, or default

For example, to set to the default colors:

JC_COLORS=blue,brightblack,magenta,green

or

JC_COLORS=default,default,default,default

Disable Colors via Environment Variable

You can set the NO_COLOR environment variable to any value to disable color output in jc. Note that using the -C option to force color output will override both the NO_COLOR environment variable and the -m option.

Streaming Parsers

Most parsers load all of the data from STDIN, parse it, then output the entire JSON document serially. There are some streaming parsers (e.g. ls-s and ping-s) that immediately start processing and outputting the data line-by-line as JSON Lines (aka NDJSON) while it is being received from STDIN. This can significantly reduce the amount of memory required to parse large amounts of command output (e.g. ls -lR /) and can sometimes process the data more quickly. Streaming parsers have slightly different behavior than standard parsers as outlined below.

Note: Streaming parsers cannot be used with the "magic" syntax

Ignoring Errors

You may want to ignore parsing errors when using streaming parsers since these may be used in long-lived processing pipelines and errors can break the pipe. To ignore parsing errors, use the -qq cli option or the ignore_exceptions=True argument with the parse() function. This will add a _jc_meta object to the JSON output with a success attribute. If success is true, then there were no issues parsing the line. If success is false, then a parsing issue was found and error and line fields will be added to include a short error description and the contents of the unparsable line, respectively:

Successfully parsed line with -qq option:

{
  "command_data": "data",
  "_jc_meta": {
    "success": true
  }
}

Unsuccessfully parsed line with -qq option:

{
  "_jc_meta": {
    "success": false,
    "error": "error message",
    "line": "original line data"
  }
}

Unbuffering Output

Most operating systems will buffer output that is being piped from process to process. The buffer is usually around 4KB. When viewing the output in the terminal the OS buffer is not engaged so output is immediately displayed on the screen. When piping multiple processes together, though, it may seem as if the output is hanging when the input data is very slow (e.g. ping):

$ ping 1.1.1.1 | jc --ping-s | jq
<slow output>

This is because the OS engages the 4KB buffer between jc and jq in this example. To display the data on the terminal in realtime, you can disable the buffer with the -u (unbuffer) cli option:

$ ping 1.1.1.1 | jc --ping-s -u | jq
{"type":"reply","pattern":null,"timestamp":null,"bytes":"64","respons...}
{"type":"reply","pattern":null,"timestamp":null,"bytes":"64","respons...}
...

Note: Unbuffered output can be slower for large data streams.

Using Streaming Parsers as Python Modules

Streaming parsers accept any iterable object and return an iterable object allowing lazy processing of the data. The input data should iterate on lines of string data. Examples of good input data are sys.stdin or str.splitlines().

To use the returned iterable object in your code, simply loop through it or use the next() builtin function:

import jc

result = jc.parse('ls_s', ls_command_output.splitlines())
for item in result:
    print(item["filename"])

Parser Plugins

Parser plugins may be placed in a jc/jcparsers folder in your local "App data directory":

Parser plugins are standard python module files. Use the jc/parsers/foo.py or jc/parsers/foo_s.py (streaming) parser as a template and simply place a .py file in the jcparsers subfolder. Any dependencies can be placed in the jc folder above jcparsers and can be imported in the parser code.

Parser plugin filenames must be valid python module names and therefore must start with a letter and consist entirely of alphanumerics and underscores. Local plugins may override default parsers.

Note: The application data directory follows the XDG Base Directory Specification

Caveats

Locale

For best results set the locale environment variables to C or en_US.UTF-8 by modifying the LC_ALL variable:

$ LC_ALL=C date | jc --date

You can also set the locale variables individually:

$ export LANG=C
$ export LC_NUMERIC=C

On some older systems UTF-8 output will be downgraded to ASCII with \\u escape sequences if the C locale does not support UTF-8 encoding.

Timezones

Some parsers have calculated epoch timestamp fields added to the output. Unless a timestamp field name has a _utc suffix it is considered naive. (i.e. based on the local timezone of the system the jc parser was run on).

If a UTC timezone can be detected in the text of the command output, the timestamp will be timezone aware and have a _utc suffix on the key name. (e.g. epoch_utc) No other timezones are supported for aware timestamps.

Use In Other Shells

jc can be used in most any shell. Some modern shells have JSON deserialization and filtering capabilities built-in which makes using jc even more convenient.

For example, the following is possible in NGS (Next Generation Shell):

myvar = ``jc dig www.google.com``[0].answer[0].data

This runs jc, parses the output JSON, and assigs the resulting data structure to a variable in a single line of code.

For more examples of how to use jc in other shells, see this wiki page.

Compatibility

Some parsers like dig, xml, csv, etc. will work on any platform. Other parsers that convert platform-specific output will generate a warning message if they are run on an unsupported platform. To see all parser information, including compatibility, run jc -ap.

You may still use a parser on an unsupported platform - for example, you may want to parse a file with linux lsof output on a macOS or Windows laptop. In that case you can suppress the warning message with the -q cli option or the quiet=True function parameter in parse():

macOS:

cat lsof.out | jc -q --lsof

or Windows:

type lsof.out | jc -q --lsof

Tested on:

Contributions

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

Please see the Contributing Guidelines for more information.

Acknowledgments

Examples

Here are some examples of jc output. For more examples, see here or the parser documentation.

arp

arp | jc -p --arp          # or:  jc -p arp

[
  {
    "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"
  }
]

CSV files

cat homes.csv

"Sell", "List", "Living", "Rooms", "Beds", "Baths", "Age", "Acres", "Taxes"
142, 160, 28, 10, 5, 3,  60, 0.28,  3167
175, 180, 18,  8, 4, 1,  12, 0.43,  4033
129, 132, 13,  6, 3, 1,  41, 0.33,  1471
...

cat homes.csv | jc -p --csv

[
  {
    "Sell": "142",
    "List": "160",
    "Living": "28",
    "Rooms": "10",
    "Beds": "5",
    "Baths": "3",
    "Age": "60",
    "Acres": "0.28",
    "Taxes": "3167"
  },
  {
    "Sell": "175",
    "List": "180",
    "Living": "18",
    "Rooms": "8",
    "Beds": "4",
    "Baths": "1",
    "Age": "12",
    "Acres": "0.43",
    "Taxes": "4033"
  },
  {
    "Sell": "129",
    "List": "132",
    "Living": "13",
    "Rooms": "6",
    "Beds": "3",
    "Baths": "1",
    "Age": "41",
    "Acres": "0.33",
    "Taxes": "1471"
  }
]

/etc/hosts file

cat /etc/hosts | jc -p --hosts

[
  {
    "ip": "127.0.0.1",
    "hostname": [
      "localhost"
    ]
  },
  {
    "ip": "::1",
    "hostname": [
      "ip6-localhost",
      "ip6-loopback"
    ]
  },
  {
    "ip": "fe00::0",
    "hostname": [
      "ip6-localnet"
    ]
  }
]

ifconfig

ifconfig | jc -p --ifconfig          # or:  jc -p ifconfig

[
  {
    "name": "ens33",
    "flags": 4163,
    "state": [
      "UP",
      "BROADCAST",
      "RUNNING",
      "MULTICAST"
    ],
    "mtu": 1500,
    "ipv4_addr": "192.168.71.137",
    "ipv4_mask": "255.255.255.0",
    "ipv4_bcast": "192.168.71.255",
    "ipv6_addr": "fe80::c1cb:715d:bc3e:b8a0",
    "ipv6_mask": 64,
    "ipv6_scope": "0x20",
    "mac_addr": "00:0c:29:3b:58:0e",
    "type": "Ethernet",
    "rx_packets": 8061,
    "rx_bytes": 1514413,
    "rx_errors": 0,
    "rx_dropped": 0,
    "rx_overruns": 0,
    "rx_frame": 0,
    "tx_packets": 4502,
    "tx_bytes": 866622,
    "tx_errors": 0,
    "tx_dropped": 0,
    "tx_overruns": 0,
    "tx_carrier": 0,
    "tx_collisions": 0,
    "metric": null
  }
]

INI files

cat example.ini

foo = fiz
bar = buz

[section1]
fruit = apple
color = blue

[section2]
fruit = pear
color = green

cat example.ini | jc -p --ini

{
  "foo": "fiz",
  "bar": "buz",
  "section1": {
    "fruit": "apple",
    "color": "blue"
  },
  "section2": {
    "fruit": "pear",
    "color": "green"
  }
}

ls

$ ls -l /usr/bin | jc -p --ls          # or:  jc -p ls -l /usr/bin

[
  {
    "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"
  }
]

netstat

netstat -apee | jc -p --netstat          # or:  jc -p netstat -apee

[
  {
    "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": "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
  }
]

/etc/passwd file

cat /etc/passwd | jc -p --passwd

[
  {
    "username": "root",
    "password": "*",
    "uid": 0,
    "gid": 0,
    "comment": "System Administrator",
    "home": "/var/root",
    "shell": "/bin/sh"
  },
  {
    "username": "daemon",
    "password": "*",
    "uid": 1,
    "gid": 1,
    "comment": "System Services",
    "home": "/var/root",
    "shell": "/usr/bin/false"
  }
]

ping

ping 8.8.8.8 -c 3 | jc -p --ping          # or:  jc -p ping 8.8.8.8 -c 3

{
  "destination_ip": "8.8.8.8",
  "data_bytes": 56,
  "pattern": null,
  "destination": "8.8.8.8",
  "packets_transmitted": 3,
  "packets_received": 3,
  "packet_loss_percent": 0.0,
  "duplicates": 0,
  "time_ms": 2005.0,
  "round_trip_ms_min": 23.835,
  "round_trip_ms_avg": 30.46,
  "round_trip_ms_max": 34.838,
  "round_trip_ms_stddev": 4.766,
  "responses": [
    {
      "type": "reply",
      "timestamp": null,
      "bytes": 64,
      "response_ip": "8.8.8.8",
      "icmp_seq": 1,
      "ttl": 118,
      "time_ms": 23.8,
      "duplicate": false
    },
    {
      "type": "reply",
      "timestamp": null,
      "bytes": 64,
      "response_ip": "8.8.8.8",
      "icmp_seq": 2,
      "ttl": 118,
      "time_ms": 34.8,
      "duplicate": false
    },
    {
      "type": "reply",
      "timestamp": null,
      "bytes": 64,
      "response_ip": "8.8.8.8",
      "icmp_seq": 3,
      "ttl": 118,
      "time_ms": 32.7,
      "duplicate": false
    }
  ]
}

ps

ps axu | jc -p --ps          # or:  jc -p ps axu

[
  {
    "user": "root",
    "pid": 1,
    "cpu_percent": 0.0,
    "mem_percent": 0.1,
    "vsz": 128072,
    "rss": 6784,
    "tty": null,
    "stat": "Ss",
    "start": "Nov09",
    "time": "0:08",
    "command": "/usr/lib/systemd/systemd --switched-root --system --deseria..."
  },
  {
    "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]"
  }
]

traceroute

traceroute -m 2 8.8.8.8 | jc -p --traceroute
# or:  jc -p traceroute -m 2 8.8.8.8

{
  "destination_ip": "8.8.8.8",
  "destination_name": "8.8.8.8",
  "hops": [
    {
      "hop": 1,
      "probes": [
        {
          "annotation": null,
          "asn": null,
          "ip": "192.168.1.254",
          "name": "dsldevice.local.net",
          "rtt": 6.616
        },
        {
          "annotation": null,
          "asn": null,
          "ip": "192.168.1.254",
          "name": "dsldevice.local.net",
          "rtt": 6.413
        },
        {
          "annotation": null,
          "asn": null,
          "ip": "192.168.1.254",
          "name": "dsldevice.local.net",
          "rtt": 6.308
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "hop": 2,
      "probes": [
        {
          "annotation": null,
          "asn": null,
          "ip": "76.220.24.1",
          "name": "76-220-24-1.lightspeed.sntcca.sbcglobal.net",
          "rtt": 29.367
        },
        {
          "annotation": null,
          "asn": null,
          "ip": "76.220.24.1",
          "name": "76-220-24-1.lightspeed.sntcca.sbcglobal.net",
          "rtt": 40.197
        },
        {
          "annotation": null,
          "asn": null,
          "ip": "76.220.24.1",
          "name": "76-220-24-1.lightspeed.sntcca.sbcglobal.net",
          "rtt": 29.162
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}

uptime

uptime | jc -p --uptime          # or:  jc -p uptime

{
  "time": "11:35",
  "uptime": "3 days, 4:03",
  "users": 5,
  "load_1m": 1.88,
  "load_5m": 2.0,
  "load_15m": 1.94,
  "time_hour": 11,
  "time_minute": 35,
  "time_second": null,
  "uptime_days": 3,
  "uptime_hours": 4,
  "uptime_minutes": 3,
  "uptime_total_seconds": 273780
}

XML files

cat cd_catalog.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<CATALOG>
  <CD>
    <TITLE>Empire Burlesque</TITLE>
    <ARTIST>Bob Dylan</ARTIST>
    <COUNTRY>USA</COUNTRY>
    <COMPANY>Columbia</COMPANY>
    <PRICE>10.90</PRICE>
    <YEAR>1985</YEAR>
  </CD>
  <CD>
    <TITLE>Hide your heart</TITLE>
    <ARTIST>Bonnie Tyler</ARTIST>
    <COUNTRY>UK</COUNTRY>
    <COMPANY>CBS Records</COMPANY>
    <PRICE>9.90</PRICE>
    <YEAR>1988</YEAR>
  </CD>
  ...

cat cd_catalog.xml | jc -p --xml

{
  "CATALOG": {
    "CD": [
      {
        "TITLE": "Empire Burlesque",
        "ARTIST": "Bob Dylan",
        "COUNTRY": "USA",
        "COMPANY": "Columbia",
        "PRICE": "10.90",
        "YEAR": "1985"
      },
      {
        "TITLE": "Hide your heart",
        "ARTIST": "Bonnie Tyler",
        "COUNTRY": "UK",
        "COMPANY": "CBS Records",
        "PRICE": "9.90",
        "YEAR": "1988"
      }
    ]
  }
}

YAML files

cat istio.yaml 

apiVersion: "authentication.istio.io/v1alpha1"
kind: "Policy"
metadata:
  name: "default"
  namespace: "default"
spec:
  peers:
  - mtls: {}
---
apiVersion: "networking.istio.io/v1alpha3"
kind: "DestinationRule"
metadata:
  name: "default"
  namespace: "default"
spec:
  host: "*.default.svc.cluster.local"
  trafficPolicy:
    tls:
      mode: ISTIO_MUTUAL

cat istio.yaml | jc -p --yaml

[
  {
    "apiVersion": "authentication.istio.io/v1alpha1",
    "kind": "Policy",
    "metadata": {
      "name": "default",
      "namespace": "default"
    },
    "spec": {
      "peers": [
        {
          "mtls": {}
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  {
    "apiVersion": "networking.istio.io/v1alpha3",
    "kind": "DestinationRule",
    "metadata": {
      "name": "default",
      "namespace": "default"
    },
    "spec": {
      "host": "*.default.svc.cluster.local",
      "trafficPolicy": {
        "tls": {
          "mode": "ISTIO_MUTUAL"
        }
      }
    }
  }
]

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