A useful tool for transforming JSON to and from a format that is more amenable to simple text tooling is gron: https://github.com/tomnomnom/gron https://github.

A useful tool for transforming JSON to and from a format that is more amenable to simple text tooling is gron: https://github.com/tomnomnom/gron https://github.com/tomnomnom/gron Takes all the tree and hierarchy management away, makes it so ordering doesn’t matter. If I’m generating JSON from batch scripts it’s my preferred tool (easier than fighting jq for many tasks)