[rabbitmq-discuss] Parsability of rabbitctrl output

Mon Jun 7 17:53:34 BST 2010

Hi Garrett,

The output values are separated by a tab character, so you should 
instruct your parser to expect optional values separated by a single tab 
character. The problem you describe only occurs if your pattern consumes 
an arbitrary amount of whitespace.

You may also find the -q flag useful to suppress the first and last line 
of output of the output of rabbitmqctl is being parsed.

(Nice email address btw)

Regards

Emile

On 07/06/10 17:14, Garrett Smith wrote:
> There are some values output by rabbitctrl that are blank/empty, but
> these are simply omitted from the output. This makes parsing the
> output difficult. E.g.
>
>    rabbitmqctl list_queues name owner_pid memory
>
> In cases where owner_pid is blank, the output line has two tokens,
> three otherwise.
>
> Any thoughts on providing a symbol, e.g. "undefined", "-" etc. to help
> parsers know when a value is empty?
>
> Garrett
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