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The ``jsonpointer`` commandline utility
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The JSON pointer package also installs a ``jsonpointer`` commandline utility
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that can be used to resolve a JSON pointers on JSON files.
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The program has the following usage ::
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usage: jsonpointer [-h] [--indent INDENT] [-v] POINTER FILE [FILE ...]
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Resolve a JSON pointer on JSON files
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positional arguments:
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POINTER File containing a JSON pointer expression
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FILE Files for which the pointer should be resolved
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optional arguments:
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-h, --help show this help message and exit
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--indent INDENT Indent output by n spaces
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-v, --version show program's version number and exit
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Example
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^^^^^^^
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.. code-block:: bash
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# inspect JSON files
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$ cat a.json
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{ "a": [1, 2, 3] }
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$ cat b.json
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{ "a": {"b": [1, 3, 4]}, "b": 1 }
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# inspect JSON pointer
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$ cat ptr.json
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"/a"
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# resolve JSON pointer
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$ jsonpointer ptr.json a.json b.json
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[1, 2, 3]
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{"b": [1, 3, 4]}
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