---
name: "plainbox-dev-parse"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "plainbox"
version: "0.25-1"
release: "Debian 9 (Stretch)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/plainbox-dev-parse"
---

# plainbox-dev-parse(1)

parse stdin with the specified parser

## NAME

plainbox-dev-parse - parse stdin with the specified parser

## SYNOPSIS

```
plainbox dev parse [-h] PARSER-NAME
```

## DESCRIPTION

            This command can be used to invoke any of the parsers exposed\
             to the \`plainbox.parsers\` entry point, parse standard input and\
             produce a JSON dump of the resulting data structure on stdout.

            Keep in mind that most parsers were designed with the 'C' locale in\
             mind. You may have to override the environment variable LANG to\
             "C".

Example: LANG=C pactl list \| plainbox dev parse pactl-list

## OPTIONS

**Positional arguments:**

- **Name of the parser to use**

  Possible choices: ?, pxu, pxu-override, regex, whitelist

## SEE ALSO

**plainbox-dev**

## AUTHOR

Zygmunt Krynicki & Checkbox Contributors

## COPYRIGHT

2012-2014 Canonical Ltd