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jshon

JSON parser designed for maximum convenience within the shell

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Data & JSON linuxmacos C MIT

Description

Jshon is a JSON parser designed for maximum convenience within the shell. It provides chainable operations for extracting and manipulating JSON data from the command line.

AI Summary

Shell-friendly JSON parser with chainable operations

Capabilities

  • + Parse JSON with chainable operations
  • + Extract JSON values
  • + Shell-friendly output

Use When

  • → You want a C-based JSON parser for shell scripts

Avoid When

  • x jq is available

Related Tools

jq complementary
json-sh complementary
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