5.8

Parser Directive
Type
Parser Directive Mandatory
Description
FIELDSONFIRSTLINE Yes Controls whether the first line
of the data contains the PLIST
value. When the value is 1, the
first line of the input data
(either command output or a
configuration file) that contains
data is used to set the names of
the columns.
FS Yes Sets the field separator.
PLIST Yes Identifies the column names.
Multiple columns are separated
by the / character.
Tokenizer Parser
Breaks a file into a series of
tokens of varying types.
Directives describe the types of
tokens to collect and the regular
expressions required to collect
those tokens.
EXCLS Provides regular expressions
that describe exclusions to data
found by the regular
expressions listed in PATTS.
PATTS Specifies the regular
expressions for the token types
defined by the PLIST directive.
Regular expressions are
separated by the value given by
the PS directive.
PLIST Specifies a list of token types to
collect from the file. Each name
of a token type is separated by
the value of the PS directive.
Tree Parser
Tree-based data is key/value
data in which path information
is contained in the key.
FS Yes Sets the field separator.
NINDEX Yes Reverse index in an element
path of the sequence number.
PATHSEP Yes Sets the separator between
segments on the left side path.
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