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jc - JSON Convert history command output parser

This parser will output a list of dictionaries each containing line and command 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.

The "Magic" syntax is not supported since the history command is a shell builtin.

Usage (cli):

$ history | jc --history

Usage (module):

import jc
result = jc.parse('history', history_command_output)

Schema:

[
  {
    "line":     integer,
    "command":  string
  }
]

Examples:

$ history | jc --history -p
[
  {
    "line": 118,
    "command": "sleep 100"
  },
  {
    "line": 119,
    "command": "ls /bin"
  },
  {
    "line": 120,
    "command": "echo \"hello\""
  },
  {
    "line": 121,
    "command": "docker images"
  },
  ...
]

$ history | jc --history -p -r
{
  "118": "sleep 100",
  "119": "ls /bin",
  "120": "echo \"hello\"",
  "121": "docker images",
  ...
}

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
List of Dictionaries of processed structured data

Parser Information

Compatibility: linux, darwin, cygwin, aix, freebsd

Source: jc/parsers/history.py

Version 1.7 by Kelly Brazil (kellyjonbrazil@gmail.com)