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JSON is the "Javascript Object Notation", basically a file format for data that's suitable for easy processing by most modern web-based tools. JSON is the "Javascript Object Notation", basically a file format for
data that's suitable for easy processing by most modern web-based tools.
Several tilde.club programs expose APIs essentially by spitting out JSON as their output, including e.g. Several tilde.club programs expose APIs essentially by spitting out
the list of recently updated home pages at JSON as their output, including e.g. the list of recently updated home
pages at
If you're looking to parse JSON from the command line with a minimum of code, the `jq` program may be your thing. `jq` is a filter that takes JSON on standard input and produces JSON on standard output. Along the way in the middle you can do various standard sorts of file munging on a field by field basis. http://tilde.club/~delfuego/tilde.24h.json
If you're looking to parse JSON from the command line with a minimum of
code, the `jq` program may be your thing. `jq` is a filter that takes
JSON on standard input and produces JSON on standard output. Along the
way in the middle you can do various standard sorts of file munging on
a field by field basis.
[Documentation for `jq` is in its manual.](http://stedolan.github.io/jq/manual/) [Documentation for `jq` is in its manual.](http://stedolan.github.io/jq/manual/)