Wow!
I didn't know about jq... That looks like a *super* useful tool.
On Mon, Jul 25, 2022 at 10:40 AM Scott Yates <Scott at yatesframe.com> wrote:
> Yes, regex is probably not the right tool for that. jq would be better, or
> even just a little script, but trying to parse json with regex is asking
> for serious headaches.
>
> On Mon, Jul 25, 2022 at 10:18 AM Will <staticphantom at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > I wouldn't use regex for this but I would use jq and pluck the fields you
> > want. Alternatively use grep -v and omit the line command line.
> >
> > -Will C
> >
> > On Mon, Jul 25, 2022, 11:15 Todd Walton <tdwalton at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > Let's say I have a block of text like this:
> > >
> > > ===================================
> > > {
> > > "altGrAliasing": true,
> > > "antialiasingMode": "grayscale",
> > > "closeOnExit": "graceful",
> > > "colorScheme": "Campbell",
> > > "commandline":
> > >
> > >
> >
> "C:\\Users\\seven\\AppData\\Roaming\\Scoop\\apps\\msys2\\current\\msys2_shell.cmd
> > > -defterm -here -no-start -msys",
> > > "cursorShape": "bar",
> > > },
> > > ===================================
> > >
> > > How do I write a regex to match all lines *except* the "commandline"
> > line?
> > >
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