USAGE

jsonrange [OPTIONS] JSON_EXPRESSION 

SYSNOPSIS

jsonrange turns either the JSON expression that is a map or array into delimited elements suitable for processing in a “for” style loop in Bash. If the JSON expression is an array then the elements of the array are returned else if the expression is a map/object then the keys or attribute names are turned.

• EXPRESSION can be an empty string contains a JSON array or map.

    -d    set delimiter for range output
    -h    display help
    -l    display license
    -length    return the number of keys or values
    -limit    limit the number of items output
    -v    display version

EXAMPLES

Working with a map

    jsonrange '{"name": "Doe, Jane", "email":"jane.doe@example.org", "age": 42}'

This would yield

    name
    email
    age

Working with an array

    jsonrange '["one", 2, {"label":"three","value":3]]'

would yield

    one
    2
    {"label":"three","value":3}

Checking the length of a map or array

    jsonrange -length '["one","two","three"]'

would yield

    3

Limitting the number of items returned

    jsonrange -limit 2 '[1,2,3,4,5]'

would yield

    1
    2