JParser 0.1.0

LYLC | Spear and Shield
1 min readDec 13, 2016

Introduction

JParser was developed in C++ programming language to parse USN Journal files ($J) on Linux. This is an initial release. Use it as is. Testings have been done before this release. However, please feel free to reach out to me if any bugs are found.

● Usage

Usage: jparser [-h] [-w OUTPUT_FILE] [JOURNAL_FILE]
Options:
-h,-help Show this help message
-w,-write OUTPUT_FILE Write the journal data in a file

● Example

jparser -w output.csv J

● Supported Output Format

L2TCSV

● Supported Operating Systems

Ubuntu 14.04 x64 (tested)
Ubuntu 16.04 x64 (tested)

It may work on other Linux distributions. However, testings are required to confirm it.

Dependency

libc++1

Download Link

https://github.com/LYLC/JParser

● SHA256 Checksum

2709f8ec332d01ede23852a1ef58c314d8ff287ec2cec5c8cb9d23df9a4a2b69 jparser
2fa88b96395bd2519d05c47affa1d219096cee355c0fb47ca96958b1db6616ac jparser-0.1.0-Linux-x64.zip

● Notes
- Currently, this tool only supports UTC.
- The date format is yyyy-mm-dd.

Originally published at https://www.tumblr.com on December 13, 2016.

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