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jc.parsers.os_release

jc - JSON Convert /etc/os-release file parser

This parser is an alias to the Key/Value parser (--kv).

Usage (cli):

$ cat /etc/os-release | jc --os-release

Usage (module):

import jc
result = jc.parse('os_release', os_release_output)

Schema:

{
    "<key>":     string
}

Examples:

$ cat /etc/os-release | jc --os-release -p
{
  "NAME": "CentOS Linux",
  "VERSION": "7 (Core)",
  "ID": "centos",
  "ID_LIKE": "rhel fedora",
  "VERSION_ID": "7",
  "PRETTY_NAME": "CentOS Linux 7 (Core)",
  "ANSI_COLOR": "0;31",
  "CPE_NAME": "cpe:/o:centos:centos:7",
  "HOME_URL": "https://www.centos.org/",
  "BUG_REPORT_URL": "https://bugs.centos.org/",
  "CENTOS_MANTISBT_PROJECT": "CentOS-7",
  "CENTOS_MANTISBT_PROJECT_VERSION": "7",
  "REDHAT_SUPPORT_PRODUCT": "centos",
  "REDHAT_SUPPORT_PRODUCT_VERSION": "7"
}

$ cat /etc/os-release | jc --os-release -p -r
{
  "NAME": "\\"CentOS Linux\\"",
  "VERSION": "\\"7 (Core)\\"",
  "ID": "\\"centos\\"",
  "ID_LIKE": "\\"rhel fedora\\"",
  "VERSION_ID": "\\"7\\"",
  "PRETTY_NAME": "\\"CentOS Linux 7 (Core)\\"",
  "ANSI_COLOR": "\\"0;31\\"",
  "CPE_NAME": "\\"cpe:/o:centos:centos:7\\"",
  "HOME_URL": "\\"https://www.centos.org/\\"",
  "BUG_REPORT_URL": "\\"https://bugs.centos.org/\\"",
  "CENTOS_MANTISBT_PROJECT": "\\"CentOS-7\\"",
  "CENTOS_MANTISBT_PROJECT_VERSION": "\\"7\\"",
  "REDHAT_SUPPORT_PRODUCT": "\\"centos\\"",
  "REDHAT_SUPPORT_PRODUCT_VERSION": "\\"7\\""
}

parse

def parse(data: str, raw: bool = False, quiet: bool = False) -> Dict[str, Any]

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. Raw or processed structured data.

Parser Information

Compatibility: linux, darwin, cygwin, win32, aix, freebsd

Source: jc/parsers/os_release.py

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