File: jsons.sh
   1 #!/bin/sh
   2 
   3 # The MIT License (MIT)
   4 #
   5 # Copyright © 2020-2025 pacman64
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  23 # SOFTWARE.
  24 
  25 
  26 # jsons [options...] [filenames...]
  27 #
  28 # JSON Strings turns TSV (tab-separated values) data into a JSON array of
  29 # objects whose values are strings or nulls, the latter being used for
  30 # missing trailing values.
  31 
  32 
  33 case "$1" in
  34     -h|--h|-help|--help)
  35         awk '/^# +jsons /, /^$/ { gsub(/^# ?/, ""); print }' "$0"
  36         exit 0
  37     ;;
  38 esac
  39 
  40 [ "$1" = "--" ] && shift
  41 
  42 if [ $# -gt 1 ]; then
  43     printf "\e[31mmultiple inputs not allowed\e[0m\n" > /dev/stderr
  44     exit 1
  45 fi
  46 
  47 if [ -p 1 ] || [ -t 1 ]; then
  48     command="stdbuf -oL awk"
  49 else
  50     command="awk"
  51 fi
  52 
  53 "${command}" -F "\t" '
  54     function stringify(s) {
  55         gsub(/\\/, "\\\\", s)
  56         gsub(/"/, "\\\"", s)
  57         return sprintf("\"%s\"", s)
  58     }
  59 
  60     { gsub(/\r$/, "") }
  61 
  62     NR == 1 {
  63         key_count = NF
  64         for (i = 1; i <= NF; i++) {
  65             keys[i] = stringify($i)
  66         }
  67         next
  68     }
  69 
  70     NR == 2 { printf "[\n"; fflush() }
  71     NR > 2 { printf ",\n" }
  72 
  73     {
  74         if (NF > key_count) {
  75             msg = "found row with more values than the keys/header"
  76             printf "\x1b[31m%s\x1b[0m\n", msg > "/dev/stderr"
  77             exit 1
  78         }
  79 
  80         printf "  {"
  81         for (i = 1; i <= NF; i++) {
  82             if (i > 1) printf ", "
  83             printf "%s: %s", keys[i], stringify($i)
  84         }
  85         for (i = NF + 1; i <= key_count; i++) {
  86             printf ", %s: null", keys[i]
  87         }
  88         printf "}"
  89     }
  90 
  91     END { printf (NR <= 1) ? "[]\n" : "\n]\n" }
  92 ' "$@"