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.TH PMJSON 1 "PCP" "Performance Co-Pilot"
.SH NAME
\f3pmjson\f1 \- Performance Co-Pilot JSON dumping utility
.SH SYNOPSIS
\f3pmjson\f1
[\f3\-mpqyV?\f1]
[\f3\-i\f1 \f2infile\f1]
[\f3\-o\f1 \f2outfile\f1]
.SH DESCRIPTION
.B pmjson
is used to manipulate JSON (JavaScript Object Notation) formatted
text used in the Performance Co-Pilot (PCP toolkit).
It can produce minimal and human readable output formats
when it is supplied with valid JSON input.
.SH OPTIONS
The available command line options are:
.TP 5
\fB\-i\fR \fIinfile\fR, \fB\-\-in\fR=\fIinfile\fR
JSON formatted input
.I infile
\- path to a file from which input should be read.
If this option is omitted, then
.B pmjson
will read from the standard input stream.
.TP
\fB\-m\fR, \fB\-\-minimal\fR
Produce JSON output with all superflous whitespace removed
from the resulting JSON string.
.TP
\fB\-o\fR \fIoutfile\fR, \fB\-\-out\fR=\fIoutfile\fR
Formatted output is written to the named
.IR outfile .
If this option is omitted, then
.B pmjson
will write to the standard output stream.
.TP
\fB\-p\fR, \fB\-\-pretty\fR
Produce JSON output in a human-readable format.
.TP
\fB\-q\fR, \fB\-\-quiet\fR
Verify the input as valid JSON only, no output is produced.
.TP
\fB\-V\fR, \fB\-\-version\fR
Display version number and exit.
.TP
\fB\-y\fR, \fB\-\-yaml\fR
Produce YAML-like output, a human-readable format with less
syntactic sugar than JSON.
.TP
\fB\-?\fR, \fB\-\-help\fR
Display usage message and exit.
.SH PCP ENVIRONMENT
Environment variables with the prefix \fBPCP_\fP are used to parameterize
the file and directory names used by PCP.
On each installation, the
file \fI/etc/pcp.conf\fP contains the local values for these variables.
The \fB$PCP_CONF\fP variable may be used to specify an alternative
configuration file, as described in \fBpcp.conf\fP(5).
.SH SEE ALSO
.BR PMWEBAPI (3),
.BR pcp.conf (5)
and
.BR pcp.env (5).