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Expand Up @@ -425,6 +425,16 @@ You can edit a file in place with `-I` and `-f FILE`:
"port": 8080
}

# add/update field that contains periods
$ json -I -f config.json -e 'this["field.with.periods"]="update"'
json: updated "config.json" in-place
$ cat config.json
{
"hostname": "127.0.0.1",
"port": 8080,
"field.with.periods": "update"
}

Some limitations. Only one file at a time:

$ json -I -f foo.json -f bar.json
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