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json.sh

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+#!/bin/sh
+
+# OK, this is going to be a convoluted state machine based on the following states:
+imov=0    # in middle of variable     [ "variable" = "..." ]
+imosv=0   # in middle of string value [ "..." = "value" ]
+imoo=0    # in middle of object       [ "object" {...} ]
+imoas=0   # in middle of ambiguous string 
+# And using the following vars:
+cv=''     # current variable
+lv=''     # last variable
+csv=''    # current string value
+lsv=''    # last string value
+co=''     # current object
+lo=''     # last object
+aco=''    # all current objects
+cas=''    # current abiguous string
+
+
+get_co() {
+	aco="$aco/$cas"
+	co=$(echo "$aco" | sed 's^.*/^^')
+}
+
+get_lo() {
+	lo=$co
+	aco=$(echo "$aco" | sed 's^/'"$lo"'^^')
+}
+
+for char in $(cat $1 | sed 's/\(.\)/\1 /g')
+do
+	case $char in
+		"{")
+			imoas=0
+			imoo=1
+			get_co
+			;;
+		"}")
+			imoo=0
+			get_lo
+			;;
+		"\"")
+			if [ $imosv -eq 1 ]
+			then
+				imosv=0
+				echo "$cv: $csv"
+			elif [ $imoas -eq 1 ]
+			then
+				imoas=0
+				imosv=1
+				cv="$cas"
+			else
+				imoas=1
+			fi
+			;;
+		":")
+			echo "Ignore" > /dev/null
+			;;
+		",")
+			echo "Ignore" > /dev/null
+			;;
+		*)
+			if [ $imoas -eq 1 ]
+			then
+				cas="${cas}${char}"
+			elif [ $imosv -eq 1 ]
+			then
+				csv="${csv}${char}"
+			else
+				echo "Ignored: $char"
+			fi
+			;;
+	esac
+	echo "$char     | $imov $imosv $imoo $imoas"
+done