sort-json-by-object-key

Sort JSON by key and don't change the value.

If you use jq or other commands to sort JSON by object key, the representation of the values will change, so I created this tool to sort JSON by object key without changing the representation of the values.

Example

Here's a sample json.

$ cat test.json
{
  "abc": 3e7,
  "def": {
    "xyz": 1.0,
    "uvw": "abc"
  }
}

sort by jq command with --sort-keys option. representation is changed.

$ jq --sort-keys < test.json
{
  "abc": 30000000,
  "def": {
    "uvw": "abc",
    "xyz": 1
  }
}

sort by this cli. representation is not changed.

$ sortjson < test.json
{
  "abc": 3e7,
  "def": {
    "uvw": "abc",
    "xyz": 1.0
  }
}