Export dconf to JSON

dconf-to-json

#!/bin/bash

awk '
/^\[/ {
	gsub(/[\[\]]/,"")
	f=$0
	next
}
NF{
	if(a[f]) s=","; else s=""
	gsub(/\\/,"\\\\",$0)
	gsub(/"/,"\\\"",$0)
	sub(/=/,"\":\"",$0)
	a[f]=a[f] s "\"" $0 "\""
}
END{
	for(x in a) {
		print "{ \"" x "\":" "{" a[x] "}" "}"
	}
}
' <(dconf dump "/")

Usage:

chmod u+x dconf-to-json
./dconf-to-json | jq ...

Output is in the format:

[
  "<section>" : {
    "<key>": "<value>",
    ...
  }
]