JC version 1.10.2 includes color support, axfr support for dig, and other parser updates.
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Jello: The JQ Alternative for Pythonistas
jello works similarly to jq but uses the python interpreter, so you can iterate with loops, comprehensions, variables, expressions, etc. just like you would in a full-fledged python script.
JC Version 1.9.0 Released
JC version 1.9.0 now supports 50 parsers. New parsers include airport, file, ntpq, and timedatectl.
JSON Tables in the Terminal
jtbl is simple and elegant. It just takes in piped JSON or JSON Lines data and prints a table. There’s only one option to turn on column truncation vs. wrapping columns if the terminal width is too narrow to display the complete table. It ‘does the right thing’.
JC Version 1.8.0 Released
JC version 1.8.0 now supports 45 parsers. New parsers include blkid, last, lastb, who, /etc/passwd, /etc/shadow, /etc/group, /etc/gshadow, and CSV files along with other parser enhancements.
JC Version 1.7.1 Released
JC version 1.7.1 now supports 37 parsers. New parsers include id, crontab-u, INI, XML, and YAML. Other minor features and bug fixes included.
Silly Terminal Plotting with jc, jq, and jp
Fun at the command line plotting JSON values at the terminal with jc, jq, and jp.
Tools of the Trade for Security Systems Engineers in 2020
As we begin a new decade I thought it would be cool to see how the tools of the trade for pre-sales Systems Engineers in the network security field have changed and which tools the SE’s SE will need to be proficient with in 2020.
JC Version 1.6.1 Released
Try the jc web demo! I’m happy to announce that jc version 1.6.1 has been released and is available on github and pypi. To upgrade, run: New Parsers jc now includes 32 parsers! New parsers (tested on linux and OSX) include: du crontab files pip list pip show Updated Parsers ifconfig parser now outputs rx_bytesContinue reading “JC Version 1.6.1 Released”
Bringing the Unix Philosophy to the 21st Century
Try the jc web demo! Do One Thing Well The Unix philosophy of using compact expert tools that do one thing well and pipelining them together to manipulate data is a great idea and has worked well for the past few decades. This philosophy was outlined in the 1978 Foreward to the Bell System TechnicalContinue reading “Bringing the Unix Philosophy to the 21st Century”