ez-gecos 0.2.1

Tiny python package to parse the GECOS field.

ez-gecos (v0.2.1)

Tiny package to parse the GECOS field.

• v0.2.1
• Installation
  • PyPi
  • Github
  • From source
• Usage
• Links
• License

Version

ez-gecos is only tested on Python 3.7

Installation

Simply install using pip (or pipenv).

PyPi

pip install ez-gecos

Github

pip install git+https://github.com/thohell/ez-gecos.git

From source

git clone https://github.com/thohell/ez-gecos.git
pip install ./ez-gecos

Usage

from gecos import GECOS

# If username is not supplied, GECOS tries to parse the GECOS
# field of the username found in environment variable 'USER'
gecos = GECOS(username='someuser')
# or
gecos = GECOS()

# Full name from GECOS field or None.
print(gecos.full_name)

# Room from GECOS field or None.
print(gecos.room) 

# Work phone from GECOS field or None.
print(gecos.work_phone) 

# Home phone from GECOS field or None
print(gecos.home_phone) 

# Other from GECOS field or None.
# If there are more than one other, they are returned
# as a comma separated list.
print(gecos.other) 

# Full GECOS field or None
print(gecos.full)
# or
print(gecos)


# Returns email address from GECOS field or None. 
# The email address is parsed from 'other', and 
# returns first entry that looks like an email address.
print(gecos.email_address)

Links

• ez-gecos on Github
• ez-gecos on PyPi

License

ez-gecos: GPLv3