Thank you all for the feedback; it does seem like consistent structured output is an idea whose time is overdue.
- mhoye On Tue, Jun 10, 2025 at 6:34 PM Collin Funk <collin.fu...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Mike, > > Mike Hoye <mh...@bespokeio.com> writes: > > > Hello, coreutils people - > > > > I am wondering if there is any appetite for adding jsonlines as an output > > format in the various core utilities. A common structured-output format > in > > low level tools would make tool chaining and constructive exploration > > significantly easier. > > > > Thank you, > > > > - mhoye > > There was a similar request a few weeks ago [1]. > > It certainly seems like a useful feature. But I just worry about it > causing a comparability nightmare. > > For example, scripts parsing the json (or similar format) from > Coreutils. But then being unusable on BSD, Solaris, etc. > > I guess you could always build Coreutils there though... > > Thanks, > Collin > > [1] https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/coreutils/2025-05/msg00013.html >
