[Fedora 20] Converting File having pipe-delimited values into JSON

df2json

#!/bin/ksh

test $# -lt 1 || test $# -gt 2 || test ! -f $1 && exit 1

cp $1 $1.o

echo -e "\t\"${2:-feeds}\": {"
while IFS='|' read iputKey iputRecord
do
  echo -e "\t\t\"${iputKey}\": ["
  
  echo $iputRecord | sed "s/\([^|]*\)\(|*\)/\t\t\t\"\1\",\n/g" | sed '/^$/d' | sed '$s/,$//'

  sed '1d' $1.o > $1.n 
  mv $1.n $1.o

  if [[ -s $1.o ]]; then
     echo -e "\t\t],"
  else
     echo -e "\t\t]"
  fi
done < $1
echo -e "\t}"

rm -f $1.*