12 points | by ronak_parmar 5 hours ago
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Another tool to look at is `jc`, which parses the output of about 80 classic Unix utilities and converts it to JSON.
It’s been submitted a few times, some with significant discussion:
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33448204 (132 comments)
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28266193 (146 comments)
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38569240 (159 comments)
did not know this existed, thanks!
Something like that would also be great for scripting, not only agents.
But this can be a fair advantage angaints the token usage in AI agents..
Yes, you are right!!
Another tool to look at is `jc`, which parses the output of about 80 classic Unix utilities and converts it to JSON.
It’s been submitted a few times, some with significant discussion:
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33448204 (132 comments)
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28266193 (146 comments)
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38569240 (159 comments)
did not know this existed, thanks!
Something like that would also be great for scripting, not only agents.
But this can be a fair advantage angaints the token usage in AI agents..
Yes, you are right!!