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https://github.com/dominictarr/JSON.sh

a pipeable JSON parser written in Bash
https://github.com/dominictarr/JSON.sh

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a pipeable JSON parser written in Bash

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# JSON.sh

yo, so it's a json parser written in shell, compatible with ash, bash, dash and zsh

[![travis](https://secure.travis-ci.org/dominictarr/JSON.sh.png?branch=master)](https://travis-ci.org/dominictarr/JSON.sh)

pipe json to it, and it traverses the json objects and prints out the
path to the current object (as a JSON array) and then the object, without whitespace.

``` bash
$ json_parse < package.json
["name"] "JSON.sh"
["version"] "0.0.0"
["description"] ""
["homepage"] "http://github.com/dominictarr/JSON.sh"
["repository","type"] "git"
["repository","url"] "https://github.com/dominictarr/JSON.sh.git"
["repository"] {"type":"git","url":"https://github.com/dominictarr/JSON.sh.git"}
["bin","json_parse"] "./JSON.sh"
["bin"] {"json_parse":"./JSON.sh"}
["dependencies"] {}
# ... etc
```

a more complex example:

``` bash
curl registry.npmjs.org/express | ./JSON.sh | egrep '\["versions","[^"]*"\]'
... try it and see
```

## Options

-b
> Brief output. Combines 'Leaf only' and 'Prune empty' options.

-l
> Leaf only. Only show leaf nodes, which stops data duplication.

-p
> Prune empty. Exclude fields with empty values.

-n
> No-head. Don't show nodes that have no path. Normally these output a leading '[]', which you can't use in a bash array.

-s
> Remove escaping of the solidus symbol (stright slash).

-h
> Show help text.

## Cool Links

* [step-/JSON.awk](https://github.com/step-/JSON.awk) JSON.sh ported to awk
* [kristopolous/TickTick](https://github.com/kristopolous/TickTick) Object Oriented BASH
* [archan937/jsonv.sh](https://github.com/archan937/jsonv.sh)
* [mclarkson/JSONPath.sh](https://github.com/mclarkson/JSONPath.sh) JSONPath based on JSON.sh

## Installation

Install with npm, pip or from AUR on Archlinux:

* `npm install -g JSON.sh`
* `pip install git+https://github.com/dominictarr/JSON.sh#egg=JSON.sh`
* `yaourt -Sy json-sh`
([json-sh on aur](https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/json-sh/)
thanks to [kremlin-](https://github.com/kremlin-))

## License

This software is available under the following licenses:

* MIT
* Apache 2