Date: Mon, 15 Jun 2015 09:54:18 -0700 From: Bryan Drewery <bdrewery@FreeBSD.org> To: Garrett Cooper <yaneurabeya@gmail.com>, Slawa Olhovchenkov <slw@zxy.spb.ru> Cc: Craig Rodrigues <rodrigc@FreeBSD.org>, Marcel Moolenaar <marcel@xcllnt.net>, "svn-src-head@freebsd.org" <svn-src-head@freebsd.org>, "svn-src-all@freebsd.org" <svn-src-all@freebsd.org>, Marcel Moolenaar <marcel@freebsd.org>, "src-committers@freebsd.org" <src-committers@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: svn commit: r284198 - head/bin/ls Message-ID: <557F033A.1060006@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <45B665F4-B81F-439B-89DC-6D27BA96F87D@gmail.com> References: <201506100127.t5A1RdX6051959@svn.freebsd.org> <20150612204309.11dd3391@kan> <20150613024916.GA98218@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> <1434208622.1415.57.camel@freebsd.org> <C88CB169-12FE-4692-92AA-5C7D41BB61DF@FreeBSD.org> <557C661F.8080104@freebsd.org> <860017ED-D754-450C-865D-2D81A30C2212@xcllnt.net> <CAG=rPVd93Q18aYnSGSf_QH4C08RCq5wsdKQSNYTgWQ2huTbUHQ@mail.gmail.com> <20150614100045.GF58397@zxy.spb.ru> <45B665F4-B81F-439B-89DC-6D27BA96F87D@gmail.com>
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On 6/14/15 3:17 AM, Garrett Cooper wrote: > On Jun 14, 2015, at 3:00, Slawa Olhovchenkov <slw@zxy.spb.ru> > wrote: >=20 >> On Sat, Jun 13, 2015 at 05:13:31PM -0700, Craig Rodrigues wrote: >>=20 >>> The people I talk to use scripting languages like Python or >>> Ruby, and devops frameworks like Ansible, Saltstack, Puppet, >>> and Chef. They may do some quick prototyping and UI work with >>> Javascript and HTML/CSS. Being able to generate JSON directly >>> from system-level tools, and then analyze that in a Python >>> script, >>=20 >> You need JSON from system-level tools for analyze that in a >> Python script? Realy? Not plain text? or tab/space separated? >=20 > Having written a bunch of tools that parse plaintext, it=92s a pain > in the rear. It=92s far easier to have JSON and a schema for working > with that JSON when developing tools to parse things out. >=20 > Programmers are inherently lazy =97 the more we have to make them > work, the more pushback we=92re going to get from them as far as > integrating FreeBSD=92s concerned. >=20 > Thanks! >=20 For 'w' it makes sense, for 'ls' why? Most, all?, scripting languages have globbing and file listing functions already so there's no need to run /bin/ls and parse it. --=20 Regards, Bryan Drewery
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