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Created October 9, 2020 15:38
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using jq to sort two json files for comparison
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jq --argfile a file1.json -n 'def post_recurse(f): def r: (f | select(. != null) | r), .; r; def post_recurse: post_recurse(.[]?); ($a | (post_recurse | arrays) |= sort)' > fmt_file1.json
jq --argfile a file2.json -n 'def post_recurse(f): def r: (f | select(. != null) | r), .; r; def post_recurse: post_recurse(.[]?); ($a | (post_recurse | arrays) |= sort)' > fmt_file2.json
diff -ZEB <(jq -S . fmt_file1.json) <(jq -S . fmt_file2.json))
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