Jsonpipe is excellent for this. It makes json greppable by putting every piece if data on a new line with its key. $ echo '{"a": 1, "b": 2}' | jsonpipe /

Jsonpipe is excellent for this. It makes json greppable by putting every piece if data on a new line with its key. $ echo '{"a": 1, "b": 2}' | jsonpipe / {} /a 1 /b 2 $ echo '["foo", "bar", "baz"]' | jsonpipe / [] /0 "foo" /1 "bar" /2 "baz" https://github.com/dvxhouse/jsonpipe https://github.com/dvxhouse/jsonpipe