How to parse an output enclosed with braces?

Question

So, I am writing a shell script and I am running a command that gives me an output like:

{"a":"some_text","b":some_other_text","c":"even_more_text"}

Now, I am not sure how to parse it, I basically need the value of "c", i.e. "ever_more_text" in a variable, but finding out results on internet have not worked yet! TIA.

see https://stackoverflow.com/questions/44032450/parse-through-json-using-only-bash — Ian Kenney, Aug 01 '18 at 02:33
So, JSON? Look into using [jq](https://stedolan.github.io/jq/) to extract what you need. — Shawn, Aug 01 '18 at 05:28
@Pensu : You have also to state, whether the string to be parsed is always such a simple one, or whether it may contain nested braces. — user1934428, Aug 01 '18 at 06:30

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Aug 01 '18 at 07:45

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the output which you paste here is not valid json. Check with https://jsonformatter.curiousconcept.com/ There is missing first double quote in "some_other_text". If you add it, you can then easily parse with jq:

./your_script.sh | jq -r ".c"

answered Aug 01 '18 at 07:45

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