Edit package.json from command line

Question

I\'m trying to add or edit a variable in my package.json from a shell script. So if i have a package.json like this:

{
  \"name\": \"my-project\",
  \"descripti         


        

Answer 1

You can also use jq and sponge (moreutils package) like this :

jq '.foo="bar"' package.json | sponge package.json

With an environment variable :

jq --arg h "$HOMEPAGE" '.homepage=$h' package.json | sponge package.json