JSON diff tool for cli (jsondiff) using `jq` with able to show it on vim with `--vim`

jsondiff

#!/bin/bash

DIFF_PARAMS="-aur --color=auto"

# Precondition check
which jq > /dev/null || (echo "jq is required" && exit 1)

# Arg check
for arg in "$@"; do
    shift
    case "$arg" in
        "--vim")
            vim="true"
            ;;
        *)
            set -- "$@" "$arg"
    esac
done

json1="$1"
json2="$2"
stat "$json1" > /dev/null || exit $?
stat "$json2" > /dev/null || exit $?

# Main
sorted1=$(mktemp --suffix=.jsondiff)
sorted2=$(mktemp --suffix=.jsondiff)

jq -S . "$json1" > "$sorted1"
jq -S . "$json2" > "$sorted2"

[ "$vim" ] && cmd=vimdiff || cmd="diff $DIFF_PARAMS"

$cmd "$sorted1" "$sorted2"

# Tear down
rm "$sorted1"
rm "$sorted2"

Install

Preconditions

apt install jq

JSONdiff

wget https://gist.githubusercontent.com/bmiro/0b785f9d556bd1a305762d4523522b95/raw/a26a54378ec82b0ad614fe7d02d6da056ec411c1/jsondiff
chmod a+x jsondiff
sudo mv jsondiff /usr/local/bin

Usage

Simple usage

jsondiff 1.json 2.json

Display on vimdiff (require apt install vim)

jsondiff --vim 1.json 2.json