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jc.parsers.update_alt_q

jc - JSON Convert update-alternatives --query command output parser

Usage (cli):

$ update-alternatives --query | jc --update-alt-q

or

$ jc update-alternatives --query

Usage (module):

import jc
result = jc.parse('update_alt_q',
                  update_alternatives_query_command_output)

Schema:

{
  "name":                 string,
  "link":                 string,
  "slaves": [
    {
      "name":             string,
      "path":             string
    }
  ],
  "status":               string,
  "best":                 string,
  "value":                string,   # (null if 'none')
  "alternatives": [
    {
      "alternative":      string,
      "priority":         integer,
      "slaves": [
        {
          "name":         string,
          "path":         string
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}

Examples:

$ update-alternatives --query editor | jc --update-alt-q -p
{
  "name": "editor",
  "link": "/usr/bin/editor",
  "slaves": [
    {
      "name": "editor.1.gz",
      "path": "/usr/share/man/man1/editor.1.gz"
    },
    {
      "name": "editor.da.1.gz",
      "path": "/usr/share/man/da/man1/editor.1.gz"
    }
  ],
  "status": "auto",
  "best": "/bin/nano",
  "value": "/bin/nano",
  "alternatives": [
    {
      "alternative": "/bin/ed",
      "priority": -100,
      "slaves": [
        {
          "name": "editor.1.gz",
          "path": "/usr/share/man/man1/ed.1.gz"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "alternative": "/bin/nano",
      "priority": 40,
      "slaves": [
        {
          "name": "editor.1.gz",
          "path": "/usr/share/man/man1/nano.1.gz"
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}

$ update-alternatives --query | jc --update-alt-q -p -r
{
  "name": "editor",
  "link": "/usr/bin/editor",
  "slaves": [
    {
      "name": "editor.1.gz",
      "path": "/usr/share/man/man1/editor.1.gz"
    },
    {
      "name": "editor.da.1.gz",
      "path": "/usr/share/man/da/man1/editor.1.gz"
    }
  ],
  "status": "auto",
  "best": "/bin/nano",
  "value": "/bin/nano",
  "alternatives": [
    {
      "alternative": "/bin/ed",
      "priority": "-100",
      "slaves": [
        {
          "name": "editor.1.gz",
          "path": "/usr/share/man/man1/ed.1.gz"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "alternative": "/bin/nano",
      "priority": "40",
      "slaves": [
        {
          "name": "editor.1.gz",
          "path": "/usr/share/man/man1/nano.1.gz"
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}

parse

def parse(data: str, raw: bool = False, quiet: bool = False) -> 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:

Dictionary. Raw or processed structured data.

Parser Information

Compatibility: linux

Source: jc/parsers/update_alt_q.py

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