Brian Butler shadowbrain

shadowbrain / parse json with sed

Created December 16, 2011 15:32

parse json key:value with sed

	## Example: Grab the value for the MYSQL_USER key
	User=$( sed -n 's/."MYSQL_USER": "$.$",/\1/p' /var/lib/credentials.json )

	## Example: Grab the value for the MYSQL_PASSWORD key
	Passwd=$( sed -n 's/."MYSQL_PASSWORD": "$.$",/\1/p' /var/lib/credentials.json )

	## Example: Grab the value for the MYSQL_USER key
	User=$( sed -n 's/."MYSQL_USER": "\(.\)",/\1/p' /var/lib/credentials.json )

	## Example: Grab the value for the MYSQL_PASSWORD key
	Passwd=$( sed -n 's/."MYSQL_PASSWORD": "\(.\)",/\1/p' /var/lib/credentials.json )