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jc.parsers.free

jc - JSON Convert free command output parser

Values are normalized to bytes when using free -h.

Usage (cli):

$ free | jc --free

or

$ jc free

Usage (module):

import jc
result = jc.parse('free', free_command_output)

Schema:

[
  {
    "type":                 string,
    "total":                integer,
    "used":                 integer,
    "free":                 integer,
    "shared":               integer,
    "buff_cache":           integer,
    "available":            integer
  }
]

Examples:

$ free | jc --free -p
[
  {
    "type": "Mem",
    "total": 3861340,
    "used": 220508,
    "free": 3381972,
    "shared": 11800,
    "buff_cache": 258860,
    "available": 3397784
  },
  {
    "type": "Swap",
    "total": 2097148,
    "used": 0,
    "free": 2097148
  }
]

$ free | jc --free -p -r
[
  {
    "type": "Mem",
    "total": "2017300",
    "used": "213104",
    "free": "1148452",
    "shared": "1176",
    "buff_cache": "655744",
    "available": "1622204"
  },
  {
    "type": "Swap",
    "total": "2097148",
    "used": "0",
    "free": "2097148"
  }
]

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

Source: jc/parsers/free.py

Version 1.8 by Kelly Brazil (kellyjonbrazil@gmail.com)