7.19. cape-expandjson: Expand a JSON file and remove comments

This function performs two tasks:

  • Removes comments starting with either "//" or "#"

  • Replaces JSONFile(fname) with the contents of fname

The comments are removed recursively, so comments within children files are allowed. If the output file is the same as the input file, the suffix .old is added to the original file, and the expanded contents are written to a new file with the same name as the input file.

The default output file OFILE puts the infix “expanded” before the .json of the input file. So for example

myfile.json -> myfile.expanded.json

Usage:
$ cape-expandjson IFILE OFILE [OPTIONS]
$ cape-expandjson -i IFILE [-o OFILE] [OPTIONS]
Inputs:

  • IFILE: name of input file

  • OFILE: output file for IFILE

OPTIONS:
-h, --help

Display this help message and exit

-i IFILE

Use IFILE as input file

-o OFILE

Use OFILE as output file

Versions:

  • 2015-10-27 @ddalle: Version 1.0: ExpandJSON()

  • 2021-10-12 @ddalle: Version 2.0; move to cli