jc.parsers.group
jc - JSON Convert /etc/group
file parser
Usage (cli):
$ cat /etc/group | jc --group
Usage (module):
import jc
result = jc.parse('group', group_file_output)
Schema:
[
{
"group_name": string,
"password": string,
"gid": integer,
"members": [
string
]
}
]
Examples:
$ cat /etc/group | jc --group -p
[
{
"group_name": "nobody",
"password": "*",
"gid": -2,
"members": []
},
{
"group_name": "nogroup",
"password": "*",
"gid": -1,
"members": []
},
{
"group_name": "wheel",
"password": "*",
"gid": 0,
"members": [
"root"
]
},
{
"group_name": "certusers",
"password": "*",
"gid": 29,
"members": [
"root",
"_jabber",
"_postfix",
"_cyrus",
"_calendar",
"_dovecot"
]
},
...
]
$ cat /etc/group | jc --group -p -r
[
{
"group_name": "nobody",
"password": "*",
"gid": "-2",
"members": [
""
]
},
{
"group_name": "nogroup",
"password": "*",
"gid": "-1",
"members": [
""
]
},
{
"group_name": "wheel",
"password": "*",
"gid": "0",
"members": [
"root"
]
},
{
"group_name": "certusers",
"password": "*",
"gid": "29",
"members": [
"root",
"_jabber",
"_postfix",
"_cyrus",
"_calendar",
"_dovecot"
]
},
...
]
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, aix, freebsd
Source: jc/parsers/group.py
Version 1.5 by Kelly Brazil (kellyjonbrazil@gmail.com)