diff --git a/kv_parse.py b/kv_parse.py
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+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+import re
+import json
+import sys
+
+with open(sys.argv[1],'rt') as infile:
+    data = infile.readlines()
+
+kv_pat = re.compile('(?P<key>[^= ]+)=(?P<value>"[^"]+"|\S+)')
+
+log=[]
+for line in data:
+    line_dict={}
+    line = line.strip()
+    matches=kv_pat.findall(line)
+    for match in matches:
+        line_dict[match[0]] = match[1].strip('"')
+    log.append(line_dict) 
+
+print(json.dumps(log))
+# with open('log.json','wt') as outfile:
+#     json.dump(log,outfile)
+    
+