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0_output

$ ./json.sh
{
	"just": "what the hell is going on here,",
	"abathur": ["didn't", "we", "tell", "you", "to", "stop?"]
}
{
  "name": "jes",
  "sign": "aquarius"
}

json.sh

shopt -s expand_aliases
alias json="cat <(echo '{') - << " }="} " '{'="} <(echo '}')"

json {
	"just": "what the hell is going on here,",
	"abathur": ["didn't", "we", "tell", "you", "to", "stop?"]
}

name=jes
sign=aquarius

json {
  "name": "$name",
  "sign": "$sign"
}