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jc.parsers.ls_s

jc - JSON Convert ls and vdir command output streaming parser

This streaming parser outputs JSON Lines (cli) or returns an Iterable of Dictionaries (module)

Requires the -l option to be used on ls. If there are newline characters in the filename, then make sure to use the -b option on ls.

The jc -qq option can be used to ignore parsing errors. (e.g. filenames with newline characters, but -b was not used)

The epoch calculated timestamp field is naive (i.e. based on the local time of the system the parser is run on)

The epoch_utc calculated timestamp field is timezone-aware and is only available if the timezone field is UTC.

Usage (cli):

$ ls | jc --ls-s

Usage (module):

import jc

result = jc.parse('ls_s', ls_command_output.splitlines())
for item in result:
    # do something

Schema:

{
  "filename":       string,
  "flags":          string,
  "links":          integer,
  "parent":         string,
  "owner":          string,
  "group":          string,
  "size":           integer,
  "date":           string,
  "epoch":          integer,     # [0]
  "epoch_utc":      integer,     # [1]

  # below object only exists if using -qq or ignore_exceptions=True
  "_jc_meta": {
    "success":      boolean,     # false if error parsing
    "error":        string,      # exists if "success" is false
    "line":         string       # exists if "success" is false
  }
}

[0] naive timestamp if date field exists and can be converted.
[1] timezone aware timestamp if date field is in UTC and can
    be converted

Examples:

$ ls -l /usr/bin | jc --ls-s
{"filename":"2to3-","flags":"-rwxr-xr-x","links":4,"owner":"root","...}
{"filename":"2to3-2.7","link_to":"../../System/Library/Frameworks/P...}
{"filename":"AssetCacheLocatorUtil","flags":"-rwxr-xr-x","links":1,...}
...

$ ls -l /usr/bin | jc --ls-s -r
{"filename":"2to3-","flags":"-rwxr-xr-x","links":"4","owner":"roo"..."}
{"filename":"2to3-2.7","link_to":"../../System/Library/Frameworks/P...}
{"filename":"AssetCacheLocatorUtil","flags":"-rwxr-xr-x","links":"1...}
...

parse

def parse(data, raw=False, quiet=False, ignore_exceptions=False)

Main text parsing generator function. Returns an iterable object.

Parameters:

data:              (iterable)  line-based text data to parse
                               (e.g. sys.stdin or str.splitlines())

raw:               (boolean)   unprocessed output if True
quiet:             (boolean)   suppress warning messages if True
ignore_exceptions: (boolean)   ignore parsing exceptions if True

Returns:

Iterable of Dictionaries

Parser Information

Compatibility: linux, darwin, cygwin, aix, freebsd

Source: jc/parsers/ls_s.py

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