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jc - JSON Convert chage --list command output parser

Supports chage -l <username> or chage --list <username>

Usage (cli):

$ chage -l johndoe | jc --chage

or

$ jc chage -l johndoe

Usage (module):

import jc
result = jc.parse('chage', chage_command_output)

Schema:

{
  "password_last_changed":                      string,
  "password_expires":                           string,
  "password_inactive":                          string,
  "account_expires":                            string,
  "min_days_between_password_change":           integer,
  "max_days_between_password_change":           integer,
  "warning_days_before_password_expires":       integer
}

Examples:

$ chage --list joeuser | jc --chage -p
{
  "password_last_changed": "never",
  "password_expires": "never",
  "password_inactive": "never",
  "account_expires": "never",
  "min_days_between_password_change": 0,
  "max_days_between_password_change": 99999,
  "warning_days_before_password_expires": 7
}

$ chage --list joeuser | jc --chage -p -r
{
  "password_last_changed": "never",
  "password_expires": "never",
  "password_inactive": "never",
  "account_expires": "never",
  "min_days_between_password_change": "0",
  "max_days_between_password_change": "99999",
  "warning_days_before_password_expires": "7"
}

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/chage.py

Version 1.1 by Kelly Brazil (kellyjonbrazil@gmail.com)