A Unix-y utility for formatting JSON in a more stream-friendly way.
jsonf reads from stdin and writes to stdout by default.
$ jsonf --help
Usage of jsonf:
-a="[]": The runes used to wrap output array indexes.
-i="": The input file. Defaults to stdin.
-k="{}": The runes used to wrap output keys.
-keys=false: If true, keys are printed on their own line.
-o="": The output file. Defaults to stdout.
-s="\"\"": The runes used to wrap output strings.
-sep=">": String used to seperate keys.$ jsonf --keys
{"colors": ["red", "blue", "green"], "numbers": [1, 2, 3], "active": true}
>{active}
>{active}>true
>{colors}
>{colors}>[]
>{colors}>[0]>"red">{colors}>[1]>"blue">{colors}>[2]>"green">{numbers}
>{numbers}>[]
>{numbers}>[0]>1
>{numbers}>[1]>2
>{numbers}>[2]>3$ curl -s 'https://api.github.com/repos/andrewguenther/jsonf/commits'|
jsonf |
grep -a "\[0\].*{commit}>{committer}>.*>"|
cut -d ">" -f 5,6
{name}>"Andrew Guenther"
{email}>"guenther.andrew.j@gmail.com"
{date}>"2015-05-02T09:24:43Z"$ curl -s 'https://www.reddit.com/.json'|
jsonf |
grep '>{data}>{children}>\[.\+\]>{data}>{url}>'|
cut -d '>' -f 7
"https://i.imgur.com/qH91IEl.gifv""http://imgur.com/MUXn9fD""http://www.mnn.com//earth-matters/wilderness-resources/stories/more-trees-than-there-were-100-years-ago-its-true""http://imgur.com/mjbuXpA""http://i.imgur.com/XJ2SG5J.jpg""http://imgur.com/tvUSaLZ""http://www.reddit.com/r/science/comments/34kxuh/do_you_have_a_college_degree_or_higher_in_science/""http://imgur.com/qOPPuzb""http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/04/30/us-usa-police-apps-idUSKBN0NL2SK20150430""https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=pNHpDG9dZq0""http://www.thefix.com/content/ecuador-considers-decriminalizing-all-illegal-drug-use""http://i.imgur.com/9x6acUY.jpg""http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/adam-sandlers-ridiculous-six-makeup-792582""http://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/34kkcs/pregnant_people_of_reddit_whats_the_rudestmost/""http://imgur.com/5Q1RzVV""http://www.reddit.com/r/Jokes/comments/34kihw/how_many_reddit_mods_does_it_take_to_change_a/""http://imgur.com/a/8aFdi""http://www.cbsnews.com/news/woman-texted-driving-drunk-woo-just-before-fatal-crash/""http://imgur.com/a/Rzrk9""http://www.reddit.com/r/Showerthoughts/comments/34j0r7/that_google_chrome_what_tab_is_being_noisy/""http://i.imgur.com/vuBumaG.jpg""http://www.reddit.com/r/WritingPrompts/comments/34j4ph/wp_elon_musk_is_actually_a_stranded_alien_who/""http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/34k027/i_am_noel_gallagher_amaa/""http://imgur.com/O4hkbVt""http://imgur.com/a/lDn0S"