Imagine a world where Bash supports JSON

01 #!/bin/bash
02 . ticktick.sh
03
04 ``
05   people = {
06     "Writers": [
07       "Rod Serling",
08       "Charles Beaumont",
09       "Richard Matheson"
10     ],
11     "Cast": {
12       "Rod Serling": { "Episodes": 156 },
13       "Martin Landau": { "Episodes": 2 },
14       "William Shatner": { "Episodes": 2 }
15     }
16   }
17 ``
18
19 function printDirectors() {
20   echo " The ``people.Directors.length()`` Directors are:"
21
22   for director in ``people.Directors.items()``; do
23     printf "    - %s\n" ${!director}
24   done
25 }
26
27 `` people.Directors = [ "John Brahm", "Douglas Heyes" ] ``
28 printDirectors
29
30 newDirector="Lamont Johnson"
31 `` people.Directors.push($newDirector) ``
32 printDirectors
33
34 echo "Shifted: ``people.Directors.shift()``"
35 printDirectors
36
37 echo "Popped: ``people.Directors.pop()``"
38 printDirectors

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