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jc.parsers.file

jc - JSON Convert file command output parser

Usage (cli):

$ file * | jc --file

or

$ jc file *

Usage (module):

import jc
result = jc.parse('file', file_command_output)

Schema:

[
  {
    "filename":   string,
    "type":       string
  }
]

Examples:

$ file * | jc --file -p
[
  {
    "filename": "Applications",
    "type": "directory"
  },
  {
    "filename": "another file with spaces",
    "type": "empty"
  },
  {
    "filename": "argstest.py",
    "type": "Python script text executable, ASCII text"
  },
  {
    "filename": "blkid-p.out",
    "type": "ASCII text"
  },
  {
    "filename": "blkid-pi.out",
    "type": "ASCII text, with very long lines"
  },
  {
    "filename": "cd_catalog.xml",
    "type": "XML 1.0 document text, ASCII text, with CRLF line ..."
  },
  {
    "filename": "centosserial.sh",
    "type": "Bourne-Again shell script text executable, UTF-8 ..."
  },
  ...
]

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:

List of Dictionaries. Raw or processed structured data.

Parser Information

Compatibility: linux, aix, freebsd, darwin

Source: jc/parsers/file.py

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