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jc.parsers.update_alt_gs

jc - JSON Convert update-alternatives --get-selections command output parser

Usage (cli):

$ update-alternatives --get-selections | jc --update-alt-gs

or

$ jc update-alternatives --get-selections

Usage (module):

import jc
result = jc.parse('update-alt-gs',
                  update_alternatives_get_selections_command_output)

Schema:

[
  {
    "name":     string,
    "status":   string,
    "current":  string
  }
]

Examples:

$ update-alternatives --get-selections | jc --update-alt-gs -p
[
  {
    "name": "arptables",
    "status": "auto",
    "current": "/usr/sbin/arptables-nft"
  },
  {
    "name": "awk",
    "status": "auto",
    "current": "/usr/bin/gawk"
  }
]

parse

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

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

Source: jc/parsers/update_alt_gs.py

Version 1.0 by Kelly Brazil (kellyjonbrazil@gmail.com)