NAME

pq - jq for protobuf - parse protobuf generically

SYNOPSIS

pq [ --fdsets=PATH] [ --msgtype=STRING] [ --stream] [ --force] [file]

DESCRIPTION

pq parses a compiled protobuf message with .fdset files located in '~/.pq/'

POSITIONAL ARGS

(OPTIONAL)file

 

Read message from a file. Default is stdin.

OPTIONS

--fdsets=PATH

 

Use alternative fdset dir. Default is '~/.pq/'.

--msgtype=STRING

 

Use this message type to decode protobuf - must be a fully qualified message name e.g. 'com.example.dog.Dog'. Default behavior is to try to guess the message type. Guessing and msgtype apply to every message in a stream.

--stream

 

Parse varint32-delimited stream.

--force

Forcefully decode by chopping bytes off the ends. This will apply to every message in a stream.