In a node project, list scripts defined in package.json

npm-scripts.py

#!/usr/bin/python3

"""
In a node project, list scripts defined in package.json
@rudifa Rudi Farkas 2020
"""

from os import path
import json

file = "package.json"
if path.exists(file):
    f = open("package.json", "r")
    ds = json.loads(f.read())["scripts"]
    print('scripts:')
    ml = max(list(map(len, ds.keys())))
    for k,v in ds.items():
        k += ' ' * (ml - len(k))
        print(f'  {k}   {v}')
else:
    print(f'*** no such file: {file}')