The JSON pointer package also installs a jsonpointer commandline utility
that can be used to resolve a JSON pointers on JSON files.
The program has the following usage
usage: jsonpointer [-h] [--indent INDENT] [-v] POINTER FILE [FILE ...] Resolve a JSON pointer on JSON files positional arguments: POINTER File containing a JSON pointer expression FILE Files for which the pointer should be resolved optional arguments: -h, --help show this help message and exit --indent INDENT Indent output by n spaces -v, --version show program's version number and exit
# inspect JSON files
$ cat a.json
{ "a": [1, 2, 3] }
$ cat b.json
{ "a": {"b": [1, 3, 4]}, "b": 1 }
# inspect JSON pointer
$ cat ptr.json
"/a"
# resolve JSON pointer
$ jsonpointer ptr.json a.json b.json
[1, 2, 3]
{"b": [1, 3, 4]}