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jc - JSON Convert env and printenv command output parser

This parser will output a list of dictionaries each containing name and value keys. If you would like a simple dictionary output, then use the -r command-line option or the raw=True argument in the parse() function.

Usage (cli):

$ env | jc --env

or

$ jc env

Usage (module):

import jc
result = jc.parse('env', env_command_output)

Schema:

[
  {
    "name":     string,
    "value":    string
  }
]

Examples:

$ env | jc --env -p
[
  {
    "name": "XDG_SESSION_ID",
    "value": "1"
  },
  {
    "name": "HOSTNAME",
    "value": "localhost.localdomain"
  },
  {
    "name": "TERM",
    "value": "vt220"
  },
  {
    "name": "SHELL",
    "value": "/bin/bash"
  },
  {
    "name": "HISTSIZE",
    "value": "1000"
  },
  ...
]

$ env | jc --env -p -r
{
  "TERM": "xterm-256color",
  "SHELL": "/bin/bash",
  "USER": "root",
  "PATH": "/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin",
  "PWD": "/root",
  "LANG": "en_US.UTF-8",
  "HOME": "/root",
  "LOGNAME": "root",
  "_": "/usr/bin/env"
}

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 of raw structured data or (default)
List of Dictionaries of processed structured data (raw)

Parser Information

Compatibility: linux, darwin, cygwin, win32, aix, freebsd

Source: jc/parsers/env.py

Version 1.5 by Kelly Brazil (kellyjonbrazil@gmail.com)