How can I completely sort arbitrary JSON using jq?

Question

I want to diff two JSON text files. Unfortunately they\'re constructed in arbitrary order, so I get diffs when they\'re semantically identical. I\'d like to use jq (or whateve

Answer 1

I want to diff two JSON text files.

Use jd with the -set option:

No output means no difference.

$ jd -set A.json B.json

Differences are shown as an @ path and + or -.

$ jd -set A.json C.json

@ ["People",{}]
+ "Carla"

The output diffs can also be used as patch files with the -p option.

$ jd -set -o patch A.json C.json; jd -set -p patch B.json

{"City":"Boston","People":["John","Carla","Bryan"],"State":"MA"}

https://github.com/josephburnett/jd#command-line-usage