struct

A simple cli utility that transforms unstructured input into structured output.

install

$ go get github.com/acaloiaro/struct

example usage

string output

$ ls -l | struct -fields permissions,count,user,group,,,,,file_name -output string
permissions:-rw-r--r-- count:1 user:adriano group:staff 84 Sep 23 22:55 file_name:README.md
permissions:-rw------- count:1 user:adriano group:staff 39 Sep 23 21:08 file_name:go.mod
permissions:-rw-r--r-- count:1 user:adriano group:staff 2531 Sep 23 22:54 file_name:struct.go

json output

$ ls -l | struct -fields permissions,count,user,group,,,,,file_name -output json
{"count":"1","file_name":"README.md","group":"staff","permissions":"-rw-r--r--","user":"adriano"}
{"count":"1","file_name":"go.mod","group":"staff","permissions":"-rw-------","user":"adriano"}
{"count":"1","file_name":"struct.go","group":"staff","permissions":"-rw-r--r--","user":"adriano"}

json output | joining forces with jq

ls -l | struct -fields permissions,count,user,group,,,,,file_name -output json | jq

{
  "count": "1",
  "file_name": "README.md",
  "group": "staff",
  "permissions": "-rw-r--r--",
  "user": "adriano"
}
{
  "count": "1",
  "file_name": "go.mod",
  "group": "staff",
  "permissions": "-rw-------",
  "user": "adriano"
}
{
  "count": "1",
  "file_name": "struct.go",
  "group": "staff",
  "permissions": "-rw-r--r--",
  "user": "adriano"
}