import json import subprocess from datetime import datetime ## creating the JSON ## grabbing the logged in users since yesterday last_here = subprocess.run(["last", "-s", "today"], capture_output=True) logged_in_today = subprocess.run(["sudo journalctl -S yesterday _COMM=systemd-logind -o json"], capture_output=True) output = json.loads(last_here) print(output) today = datetime.today().strftime('%Y-%m-%d-%H:%M:%S') with open("data_" + today + ".json", 'w') as f: print(output, file = f)