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story by theanonymousone · 2026-10-27 · 0 comments

…contents of a JSON file, you would maybe use `grep`, or perhaps `jq` and a well crafted query Try https://github.com/tomnomnom/gron .

comment by pdimitar · 2026-09-04 · in Grep beats LSP? Why coding agents ignore your fancier tools

…2h check the CI build' which will give me an OS reminder in two hours, I use it a ton at work. [0] https://github.com/tomnomnom/gron [1] https://github.com/ajeetdsouza/zoxide [2] https://github.com/amterp/rad

comment by amterp · 2026-08-17

You might like https://github.com/tomnomnom/gron

comment by iamjackg · 2026-03-27 · in A Faster Alternative to Jq

Highly recommend gron. https://github.com/tomnomnom/gron

comment by xendo · 2026-03-27 · in A Faster Alternative to Jq

…may want to consider adding an example usage/output so folks can see what it does literally. [0] - https://github.com/tomnomnom/gron [1] - https://github.com/ckampfe/jstream

comment by asa400 · 2026-01-02 · in FracturedJson

Tried gron ( https://github.com/tomnomnom/gron ) a bit? If you know your UNIX, I think it can replace jq in a lot of cases. And when it can't, well, you can reach for Python, I guess.

comment by a-french-anon · 2025-11-07 · in You should write an agent

The only sane configuration language is something similar to gron https://github.com/tomnomnom/gron

comment by afiori · 2025-09-19 · in Configuration files are user interfaces

For this I use gron [0]. It's very convenient. [0]: https://github.com/tomnomnom/gron

comment by rogue7 · 2025-09-11 · in A love letter to the CSV format (2024)

…90% of what I need for json processing, it's a great first step and often the only necessary step. https://github.com/tomnomnom/gron

comment by great_wubwub · 2025-05-02 · in A Common Lisp jq replacement

I think GRON[1] would fit the bill better [1] https://github.com/tomnomnom/gron

comment by afiori · 2025-03-27 · in A love letter to the CSV format

Just use gron! greppable json It turns JSON to JS syntax. it"s perfect for these tasks. https://github.com/tomnomnom/gron

comment by bugtodiffer · 2024-09-09 · in Jd – JSON Diff and Patch

It's ofter a matter of having the right tool for the job. In your case, https://github.com/tomnomnom/gron might be useful.

comment by smartmic · 2024-09-03 · in Greppability is an underrated code metric

gron makes nested JSON greppable https://github.com/tomnomnom/gron

comment by uasi · 2024-09-03 · in Greppability is an underrated code metric

…back into a document (json). I'd love to see gron/ungron implemented for all tree structures. https://github.com/tomnomnom/gron

comment by sitkack · 2024-08-18 · in Dasel: Select, put and delete data from JSON, TOML, YAML, XML and CSV

You might like gron then. https://github.com/tomnomnom/gron For 90% on my needs this is all I need.

comment by hgyjnbdet · 2024-05-03 · in How to Use JSON Path

gron ( https://github.com/tomnomnom/gron ) to transform it and query and then invert the transformation?

comment by sceadu · 2024-04-22 · in Frawk: An efficient Awk-like programming language. (2021)

Then you'll love gron https://github.com/tomnomnom/gron

comment by wooptoo · 2024-03-25 · in Show HN: Flatito, grep for YAML and JSON files

…the same thing, but a tool I've had good luck with for quick-n-dirty grepping of JSON is gron: https://github.com/tomnomnom/gron (which I'm sure I learned about from a thread like this on HN...) It sort of "flattens out" your JSON to allow…

comment by ratrocket · 2024-03-25 · in Show HN: Flatito, grep for YAML and JSON files

related project, gron: https://github.com/tomnomnom/gron ▶ gron "https://api.github.com/repos/tomnomnom/gron/commits?per_page=1" | fgrep "commit.author" json[0].commit.author = {}; json[0].commit.author.date = "2016-07-02T10:51:21Z";…

comment by llimllib · 2024-03-25 · in Show HN: Flatito, grep for YAML and JSON files

... which seems quite similar to gron [1]? [1] https://github.com/tomnomnom/gron

comment by samuell · 2024-03-20 · in Show HN: jnv: interactive JSON filter using jq

It buffers all of its output statements in memory before writing to stdout: https://github.com/tomnomnom/gron/blob/master/main.go#L204

comment by haileys · 2023-12-03 · in Gron: Make JSON greppable

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story by mooreds · 2023-12-03 · 73 comments

…toss out some interesting links I've recently bookmarked in comments here. - gron (Greppable JSON): https://github.com/tomnomnom/gron - MarkDownload (Markdown Web Clipper): https://github.com/deathau/markdownload - Lean4 links: -- Theorem…

comment by macintux · 2023-12-02 · in Ask HN: What are some unpopular technologies you wish people knew more about?

…into lines of key value format, making it compatible with grep and other simple stream operations. https://github.com/tomnomnom/gron

comment by Valodim · 2023-11-29 · in Jaq – A jq clone focused on correctness, speed, and simplicity

…json[0].commit.author.email = "mail@tomnomnom.com"; json[0].commit.author.name = "Tom Hudson"; https://github.com/tomnomnom/gron It was suggested to me in HN comments on an article I wrote about `jq`, and I have found myself using it a lot…

comment by ishandotpage · 2023-11-29 · in Jaq – A jq clone focused on correctness, speed, and simplicity

…reference to "gron" ("make JSON greppable"), which I find to be quite useful for many common tasks: https://github.com/tomnomnom/gron

comment by msluyter · 2023-11-29 · in Jaq – A jq clone focused on correctness, speed, and simplicity

…of experience I already have at transformations on the command line.* The tool for that is likely https://github.com/tomnomnom/gron It's probably the best tool to go back and forth easily between json and line oriented.

comment by reegnz · 2023-11-10 · in Interactive examples for learning jq

…pipe it to `gron` [3]. [1] https://github.com/mikefarah/yq [2] https://github.com/sclevine/yj [3] https://github.com/tomnomnom/gron

comment by PhilippGille · 2023-09-28 · in That's a Lot of YAML

…Miller gron transforms JSON into discrete assignments to make it easier to grep for what you want https://github.com/tomnomnom/gron Miller is like awk, sed, cut, join, and sort for data formats such as CSV, TSV, JSON, JSON…

comment by defrost · 2023-09-24 · in Modern Linux Tools vs. Unix Classics: Which Would I Choose?

The best config format is clearly GRON https://github.com/tomnomnom/gron

comment by afiori · 2023-09-22 · in XML is better than YAML – Hear me out

I find `gron` to be very helpful for generating jq query strings https://github.com/tomnomnom/gron

comment by cwaffles · 2023-09-19 · in Fx – Terminal JSON Viewer

…changing JSON: use the gron format [0] as config. Tools can parse it as JSON and that’s it. [0]: https://github.com/tomnomnom/gron

comment by jiehong · 2023-09-13 · in What is wrong with TOML? (2019)

…from people that dislike jq. If you're that way inclined, gron[0] might be more your thing. [0] https://github.com/tomnomnom/gron

comment by ccakes · 2023-09-07 · in jq 1.7

…has a --json flag or something similar, so that jc is not needed anymore. [1] https://jless.io/ [2] https://github.com/tomnomnom/gron

comment by goku12 · 2023-09-07 · in jq 1.7

…enough that you have to consult the documentation every time, try gron. It’s greppable json https://github.com/tomnomnom/gron

comment by tambourine_man · 2023-09-07 · in jq 1.7

Make JSON greppable! https://github.com/tomnomnom/gron I've been using `jq` for years and I'm always able to cobble together what I need, but I have yet to find it intuitive and I'm rarely able to arrive at a solution of any complexity…

comment by js2 · 2023-09-07 · in jq 1.7

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story by blondin · 2023-05-31 · 0 comments

…for transforming JSON to and from a format that is more amenable to simple text tooling is gron : https://github.com/tomnomnom/gron Takes all the tree and hierarchy management away, makes it so ordering doesn’t matter. If I’m generating…

comment by jameshart · 2023-05-26 · in That people produce HTML with string templates is telling us something

gron https://github.com/tomnomnom/gron It takes JSON input and produces flat, key-value output based on the path to the value. Usage with grep was obviously the original intention, but I've used it to help me better understand a given…

comment by placatedmayhem · 2022-12-20 · in Ask HN: Programs that saved you 100 hours? (2022 edition)

You should checkout gron, it is great at flattening fragments of json. https://github.com/tomnomnom/gron

comment by sitkack · 2022-11-25 · in Jqjq: Jq Implementation of Jq

Some alternative ideas for making JSON more readable: - Pipe into gron ( https://github.com/tomnomnom/gron ) to get a `foo.bar.baz = val` kind of syntax. - Pipe into visidata ( https://www.visidata.org/ ) to get a spreadsheet-like editable…

comment by feanaro · 2022-11-03 · in JC – JSONifies the output of many CLI tools

Unrelated tool but also very useful in combination with JQ: gron https://github.com/tomnomnom/gron

comment by wooptoo · 2022-11-03 · in JC – JSONifies the output of many CLI tools

Link: https://github.com/tomnomnom/gron Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25006277 366 points | Nov 6, 2020 | 91 comments

comment by asicsp · 2022-11-03 · in JC – JSONifies the output of many CLI tools

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story by tambourine_man · 2022-10-18 · 0 comments

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story by kiyanwang · 2022-05-22 · 0 comments

…be good for. A diff on the gron output before and after should contain all the info needed. [1] https://github.com/tomnomnom/gron

comment by kitd · 2022-05-10 · in What Is JSON Patch?

Same boat here. I ended up finding gron https://github.com/tomnomnom/gron which resolved that issue for me. Now I don't have to look up how to use jq each time I want to quickly find something in some JSON.

comment by boyter · 2022-04-26 · in Zq: An easier and faster alternative to jq

…json as a series of assignment statements that recreate the json value. It's pretty handy. [1] https://github.com/TomNomNom/gron

comment by omaranto · 2022-04-26 · in Zq: An easier and faster alternative to jq

Also highly recommended is gron [0], to make json easily searchable [0] https://github.com/TomNomNom/gron

comment by kitd · 2022-04-26 · in Zq: An easier and faster alternative to jq