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jc - JSON Convert sysctl -a command output parser

Note: Since sysctl output is not easily parsable only a very simple key/value object will be output. An attempt is made to convert obvious integers and floats. If no conversion is desired, use the -r command-line argument or the raw=True argument in parse().

Usage (cli):

$ sysctl -a | jc --sysctl

or

$ jc sysctl -a

Usage (module):

import jc
result = jc.parse('sysctl', sysctl_command_output)

Schema:

{
  "key1":     string/integer/float,     # best guess based on value
  "key2":     string/integer/float,
  "key3":     string/integer/float
}

Examples:

$ sysctl -a | jc --sysctl -p
{
  "user.cs_path": "/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin",
  "user.bc_base_max": 99,
  "user.bc_dim_max": 2048,
  "user.bc_scale_max": 99,
  "user.bc_string_max": 1000,
  "user.coll_weights_max": 2,
  "user.expr_nest_max": 32
  ...
}

$ sysctl -a | jc --sysctl -p -r
{
  "user.cs_path": "/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin",
  "user.bc_base_max": "99",
  "user.bc_dim_max": "2048",
  "user.bc_scale_max": "99",
  "user.bc_string_max": "1000",
  "user.coll_weights_max": "2",
  "user.expr_nest_max": "32",
  ...
}

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. Raw or processed structured data.

Parser Information

Compatibility: linux, darwin, freebsd

Source: jc/parsers/sysctl.py

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