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Created July 2, 2017 10:29
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convert_to_json_text.sh
#!/bin/sh
# This will convert any text passed through stdin to a JSON-valid string
# Based on https://stackoverflow.com/a/11495576/2399665
JSON_TOPIC_RAW=`cat`
JSON_TOPIC_RAW=${JSON_TOPIC_RAW//\\/\\\\} # \
JSON_TOPIC_RAW=${JSON_TOPIC_RAW//\//\\\/} # /
JSON_TOPIC_RAW=${JSON_TOPIC_RAW//\'/\\\'} # ' (not strictly needed ?)
JSON_TOPIC_RAW=${JSON_TOPIC_RAW//\"/\\\"} # "
JSON_TOPIC_RAW=${JSON_TOPIC_RAW// /\\t} # \t (tab)
JSON_TOPIC_RAW=${JSON_TOPIC_RAW//
/\\\n} # \n (newline)
JSON_TOPIC_RAW=${JSON_TOPIC_RAW//^M/\\\r} # \r (carriage return)
JSON_TOPIC_RAW=${JSON_TOPIC_RAW//^L/\\\f} # \f (form feed)
JSON_TOPIC_RAW=${JSON_TOPIC_RAW//^H/\\\b} # \b (backspace)
echo JSON_TOPIC_RAW
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