.TH GRON 1

.SH NAME

gron \- Transform JSON into discrete assignments to make it greppable

.SH SYNOPSIS

.B gron

.RB [OPTIONS] [FILE|URL|-]

.SH DESCRIPTION

gron transforms JSON into discrete assignments to make it easier to grep for

what you want and see the absolute 'path' to it. It eases the exploration of

APIs that return large blobs of JSON.

.SH OPTIONS

.TP

.B -u, --ungron

Reverse the operation (turn assignments back into JSON)

.TP

.B -c, --colorize

Colorize output (default on tty)

.TP

.B -m, --monochrome

Monochrome (don't colorize output)

.TP

.B -s, --stream

Treat each line of input as a separate JSON object

.TP

.B -k, --insecure

Disable certificate validation

.TP

.B -j, --json

Represent gron data as JSON stream

.TP

.B --no-sort

Don't sort output (faster)

.TP

.B --version

Print version information

.SH EXIT CODES

.TP

.B 0

OK

.TP

.B 1

Failed to open file

.TP

.B 2

Failed to read input

.TP

.B 3

Failed to form statements

.TP

.B 4

Failed to fetch URL

.TP

.B 5

Failed to parse statements

.TP

.B 6

Failed to encode JSON

.SH EXAMPLES

gron /tmp/apiresponse.json

gron http://jsonplaceholder.typicode.com/users/1 

curl -s http://jsonplaceholder.typicode.com/users/1 | gron

gron http://jsonplaceholder.typicode.com/users/1 | grep company | gron --ungron