json.sh

Pure-shell JSON parser.

json.sh requires GNU sed(1).

Example

Suppose tests/mixed.json contains the following (it does):

{
	"foo": ["bar", "baz"],
	"asdf": {
		"qwerty": 47
	}
}

Running json.sh <"tests/mixed.json" yields:

/foo/0 string bar
/foo/1 string baz
/asdf/qwerty number 47

make && sudo make install

From the command-line:

json.sh <"tests/mixed.json"

As a library:

. "lib/json.sh"
json <"tests/mixed.json"

Overriding the default use of / as the key separator:

JSON_SEPARATOR="^" json.sh <"tests/mixed.json"

Arrays.
Booleans.
Objects.
null.
Numbers.
- Floating-point.
- Negative.
- Scientific notation.
Strings.
- Backspace, form feed, newline, and carriage return escapes.
- Unicode characters specified by their codepoints: \uXXXX.

json.sh is BSD-licensed.