A few years ago I made a Python script that does the same thing, minus the reverse mode of converting the assignments back into JSON: https://github.com/xenomac

A few years ago I made a Python script that does the same thing, minus the reverse mode of converting the assignments back into JSON: https://github.com/xenomachina/jsflat https://github.com/xenomachina/jsflat I've found flattening JSON in this way not only useful for line based tools like grep, but also for understanding unfamiliar JSON. Sometimes it's nice to be able to see the whole path down to the value you're looking at.