1 files changed, 13 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/shell_utils.sh b/shell_utils.sh
index 30dfead..5fd24ff 100644
--- a/shell_utils.sh
+++ b/shell_utils.sh
@@ -43,3 +43,16 @@ map_del() {
 sanitize() {
     echo "$1" | tr /.- _
 }
+
+escape_regex_special() {
+    ech "$1" | sed 's/\([]\.*?{},()[-]\)/\\\1/g'
+}
+
+# Note: We don't actually parse JSON. We extract needed keys with sed regexes
+# which does not work in the general case but is sufficient for now.
+get_json_key() {
+    local KEY_REG="$(escape_regex_special "$1")"
+    ech "$2" |
+	sed 's/\(.*"'"$KEY_REG"'"[[:space:]]*:[[:space:]]*"\([^"]*\)"\)\?.*/\2/' |
+	grep . | head -1
+}