journalctl-blob-to-txt.py

#!/usr/bin/env python
#
# Process blobs in journalctl logs
#
# journalctl -f -o json | ./journalctl-blob-to-txt.py | jq .
#

import sys
import json

if __name__ == '__main__':

    fixed=[]
    
    for line in sys.stdin:
        d = json.loads(line)
        
        if type(d['MESSAGE']) == list:
            a = [str(unichr(i)) for i in d['MESSAGE']]
            d['MESSAGE'] = ''.join(a).strip()
        
        fixed.append(d)

    print(json.dumps(fixed))