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jc.parsers.finger

jc - JSON Convert finger command output parser

Supports -s output option. Does not support the -l detail option.

Usage (cli):

$ finger | jc --finger

or

$ jc finger

Usage (module):

import jc
result = jc.parse('finger', finger_command_output)

Schema:

[
  {
    "login":                string,
    "name":                 string,
    "tty":                  string,
    "idle":                 string,     # null if empty
    "login_time":           string,
    "details":              string,
    "tty_writeable":        boolean,
    "idle_minutes":         integer,
    "idle_hours":           integer,
    "idle_days":            integer,
    "total_idle_minutes":   integer
  }
]

Examples:

$ finger | jc --finger -p
[
  {
    "login": "jdoe",
    "name": "John Doe",
    "tty": "tty1",
    "idle": "14d",
    "login_time": "Mar 22 21:14",
    "tty_writeable": false,
    "idle_minutes": 0,
    "idle_hours": 0,
    "idle_days": 14,
    "total_idle_minutes": 20160
  },
  {
    "login": "jdoe",
    "name": "John Doe",
    "tty": "pts/0",
    "idle": null,
    "login_time": "Apr  5 15:33",
    "details": "(192.168.1.22)",
    "tty_writeable": true,
    "idle_minutes": 0,
    "idle_hours": 0,
    "idle_days": 0,
    "total_idle_minutes": 0
  },
  ...
]

$ finger | jc --finger -p -r
[
  {
    "login": "jdoe",
    "name": "John Doe",
    "tty": "*tty1",
    "idle": "14d",
    "login_time": "Mar 22 21:14"
  },
  {
    "login": "jdoe",
    "name": "John Doe",
    "tty": "pts/0",
    "idle": null,
    "login_time": "Apr  5 15:33",
    "details": "(192.168.1.22)"
  },
  ...
]

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, darwin, cygwin, freebsd

Source: jc/parsers/finger.py

Version 1.2 by Kelly Brazil (kellyjonbrazil@gmail.com)