small program that allow to search json files.
json-c libc
on linux you have the appimages here: https://github.com/cosmo-ray/json-search/tags
Arch:
yay -S json-search-git
Macos:
brew tap cosmo-ray/oui
brew install cosmo-ray/oui/json-search
json-search [OPTION] [NEEDLE] [FILES]
# options:
-v: verbose mode
-i: case insensitive
-V: Check Value instead of keys
-K: Print only objects keys
-R: raw print
-M NUM: limitate the number of returned objects
-P: print parent instead of element
-s: locate sub-string instead of strict comparison
ex: 'file' will match with 'files'
-r: recursive file search, NOT YET IMPLEMENTED
-o: multiple patern search
-t: look for object child, NOT YET IMPLEMENTED
-l: location info: print file and key
-h: are you really wondering what this is ?
But really just use
json-search -hIt's more updated than this readme
$cat little-space.json:
{
"name" : "little-space",
"pre-load" : [
{ "file" : "html5-emu.js", "type" : "js" },
],
"init-scripts" : [
["js", "js_emu_init"]
],
"make-prototype": "jumper",
"starting widget" : "little-space",
"little-space" : {
"<type>": "html-emu",
"dmod": "little-space",
"files": [
"js/funtions/Normes.js",
"js/define/display.js",
"js/define/input.js"
]
}
}
$ json-search files little-space.json # "cat little-space.json | json-search files" work too
../little-space/start.json: [
"js/funtions/Normes.js",
"js/define/display.js",
"js/define/input.js"
]
- Handle whildcards
- Fix not implemented options
- add one option to add a maximum deep in search
Q: So it's just a cheap version of JQ
A: yes, like grep is a cheap version of sed, this tool try to be a simpler but easier to use version of jq that focus only on finding elements in json.