/ldj-distinctvalues

output all the distinct values of a given path of given line-delimited jsonfile(s).

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ldj-distinctvalues - distinct values and their occurence of line delimited json

ldj-distinctvalues is a commandline command (Python3 program) that outputs distinct values and their occurence numbers (sorted by their occurence numbers) of a path of a given line delimited json document.

It reads vom stdin and prints to stdout.

Usage

ldj-distinctvalues:
	required arguments:
	   -path	the path of the value to examine in the line delimited json document. You can navigate by . (dot) into objects (into array elements is not possible yet). You can use * as a wildcard.
  • example: 
    ldj-distinctvalues -path [PATH TO EXAMINE] < [LINE DELIMITED JSON FILE] > [OUTPUT STATISTICS DOCUMENT]

Requirements

No special requirements. It uses the Python standard libraries json, sys and argparse.

Install system-wide via pip

  • via pip: 
    sudo -H pip3 install --upgrade [ABSOLUTE PATH TO YOUR LOCAL GIT REPOSITORY OF LDJ-DISTINCTVALUES]
    (which provides you ldj-distinctvalues as a system-wide commandline command)