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by tmerse 1845 days ago
I'd like most programs to implement a JSON interface, given right flags. Or maybe the existence of some env var like $DEFAULT_OUTPUT=JSON

I like this approach:

https://github.com/kellyjonbrazil/jc

> CLI tool and python library that converts the output of popular command-line tools and file-types to JSON or Dictionaries. This allows piping of output to tools like jq and simplifying automation scripts