On May 6, 2014, at 8:04 PM, Xavi Ramirez <[email protected]> wrote:
> I usually use node's repl to explore json:
> 
> > obj = require("./myfile")
> > obj["k3"]
> > obj["k3"] = "foo"
> etc...
> 

Xavi, thank you for the response. The above is indeed what got me thinking :-). 
It's what I do and while trying to explain it to a non-tech person, I realised 
I could simplify the process for him if I removed some of the Node/JS specific 
actions.

Regards,

        --ravi


> 
> On Tue, May 6, 2014 at 7:27 AM, // ravi <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> Anyone know if there exists a tool that provides a REPL-like interface (i.e., 
> interactive CLI) to JSON? Something using which I can do:
> 
> $ jsonrepl ./myfile.json
> json> show
> {
>     "k1" : "val1",
>     "k2" : true,
>     "k3" : { "k31" : "val31", "k32" : "val32" }
> }
> json> cd "k3"
> json> show
> {
>     "k31" : "val31",
>     "k32" : "val32"
> }
> json> set k31 = val31new
> json> cd ..
> json> print k1.k31
> "val31new"
> 
> ... etc ...
> 
> I want to check before I write one.
> 
>       --ravi
> 

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