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jc - JSON Convert crontab -l command output and crontab file parser

Supports crontab -l command output and crontab files.

Usage (cli):

$ crontab -l | jc --crontab

or

$ jc crontab -l

Usage (module):

import jc
result = jc.parse('crontab', crontab_output)

Schema:

{
  "variables": [
    {
      "name":             string,
      "value":            string
    }
  ],
  "schedule": [
    {
      "minute": [
                          string
      ],
      "hour": [
                          string
      ],
      "day_of_month": [
                          string
      ],
      "month": [
                          string
      ],
      "day_of_week": [
                          string
      ],
      "occurrence":       string,
      "command":          string
    }
  ]
}

Examples:

$ crontab -l | jc --crontab -p
{
  "variables": [
    {
      "name": "MAILTO",
      "value": "root"
    },
    {
      "name": "PATH",
      "value": "/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin"
    },
    {
      "name": "SHELL",
      "value": "/bin/bash"
    }
  ],
  "schedule": [
    {
      "minute": [
        "5"
      ],
      "hour": [
        "10-11",
        "22"
      ],
      "day_of_month": [
        "*"
      ],
      "month": [
        "*"
      ],
      "day_of_week": [
        "*"
      ],
      "command": "/var/www/devdaily.com/bin/mk-new-links.php"
    },
    {
      "minute": [
        "30"
      ],
      "hour": [
        "4/2"
      ],
      "day_of_month": [
        "*"
      ],
      "month": [
        "*"
      ],
      "day_of_week": [
        "*"
      ],
      "command": "/var/www/devdaily.com/bin/create-all-backups.sh"
    },
    {
      "occurrence": "yearly",
      "command": "/home/maverick/bin/annual-maintenance"
    },
    {
      "occurrence": "reboot",
      "command": "/home/cleanup"
    },
    {
      "occurrence": "monthly",
      "command": "/home/maverick/bin/tape-backup"
    }
  ]
}

$ cat /etc/crontab | jc --crontab -p -r
{
  "variables": [
    {
      "name": "MAILTO",
      "value": "root"
    },
    {
      "name": "PATH",
      "value": "/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin"
    },
    {
      "name": "SHELL",
      "value": "/bin/bash"
    }
  ],
  "schedule": [
    {
      "minute": "5",
      "hour": "10-11,22",
      "day_of_month": "*",
      "month": "*",
      "day_of_week": "*",
      "command": "/var/www/devdaily.com/bin/mk-new-links.php"
    },
    {
      "minute": "30",
      "hour": "4/2",
      "day_of_month": "*",
      "month": "*",
      "day_of_week": "*",
      "command": "/var/www/devdaily.com/bin/create-all-backups.sh"
    },
    {
      "occurrence": "yearly",
      "command": "/home/maverick/bin/annual-maintenance"
    },
    {
      "occurrence": "reboot",
      "command": "/home/cleanup"
    },
    {
      "occurrence": "monthly",
      "command": "/home/maverick/bin/tape-backup"
    }
  ]
}

parse

def parse(data, raw=False, quiet=False)

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, darwin, aix, freebsd

Source: jc/parsers/crontab.py

Version 1.9 by Kelly Brazil (kellyjonbrazil@gmail.com)