[Semibug] Need an example of libxo usage

[Mike Wayne]

On Sat, Apr 13, 2024 at 08:48:41AM -0700, admin at bclug.ca wrote:
> Mike Wayne wrote on 2024-04-12 15:55:
>
> I think JSON should do it via `jq`.

Any idea what package jq might be in? Never heard of it.

> printf "%s last login %s from %s\n" $(lastlogin --libxo json | jq -r '.user,.login-time,.from')

> A couple things to watch for: JSON / jq won't like a key with a hyphen, 
> such as login-time.  I'd assume / hope that libxo would do the 
> transformation required for proper JSON.
> 
> 
> Also, IFS might need tweaking as the date containing spaces will get 
> parsed into separate printf string placeholders.
> 
> Or some `sed` transforms.

Sounds like the --libxo option isn't all that functional as it appears to
need additional commands to parse the output rather than just displaying
arguments using command line options.