File: jsons.sh
   1 #!/bin/sh
   2 
   3 # The MIT License (MIT)
   4 #
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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 # handle leading options
  34 case "$1" in
  35     -h|--h|-help|--help)
  36         awk '/^# +jsons /, /^$/ { gsub(/^# ?/, ""); print }' "$0"
  37         exit 0
  38     ;;
  39 esac
  40 
  41 if [ $# -gt 1 ]; then
  42     printf "\e[31mmultiple inputs not allowed\e[0m\n" > /dev/stderr
  43     exit 1
  44 fi
  45 
  46 
  47 awk -F "\t" '
  48     function stringify(s) {
  49         gsub(/\\/, "\\\\", s)
  50         gsub(/"/, "\\\"", s)
  51         return sprintf("\"%s\"", s)
  52     }
  53 
  54     { gsub(/\r$/, "") }
  55 
  56     NR == 1 {
  57         key_count = NF
  58         for (i = 1; i <= NF; i++) {
  59             keys[i] = stringify($i)
  60         }
  61         next
  62     }
  63 
  64     NR == 2 { printf "[\n"; fflush() }
  65     NR > 2 { printf ",\n"; fflush() }
  66 
  67     {
  68         if (NF > key_count) {
  69             msg = "found row with more values than the keys/header"
  70             printf "\x1b[31m%s\x1b[0m\n", msg > "/dev/stderr"
  71             exit 1
  72         }
  73 
  74         printf "  {"
  75         for (i = 1; i <= NF; i++) {
  76             if (i > 1) printf ", "
  77             printf "%s: %s", keys[i], stringify($i)
  78         }
  79         for (i = NF + 1; i <= key_count; i++) {
  80             printf ", %s: null", keys[i]
  81         }
  82         printf "}"; fflush()
  83     }
  84 
  85     END {
  86         printf (NR <= 1) ? "[]\n" : "\n]\n"
  87     }
  88 ' "$@"