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I have a Json in a varible $MYVAR like this :

{
"Name": "somename",
"MyField": "{\"mysubfield1\":\"value1\",\"mysubfield2\":\"value2\"}",
"OtherField" : "Othervalues"
...
}

My constraint - I cannot use the jq parser. How can i parse MyField when it's a stringified Json ? I want to extract each value of the subfields - value1 and value2 and store in variables. Is there a direct approach /plain shell commands?

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    I assume you meant jq, not jp. If you can't use that, I think you're in trouble. bash doesn't have very powerful string processing builtins. Commented Mar 18, 2021 at 8:03
  • And parsing JSON is not trivial, you have to deal with escape sequences and nested elements. You should always use a pre-written parser or you won't handle all the corner cases properly. Commented Mar 18, 2021 at 8:05
  • Does this answer your question? Using jq to parse and display multiple fields in a json serially Commented Mar 18, 2021 at 8:05
  • I'm not sure if I'll be able to install jq. Even if I do, how do I take out the \" to make it a normal parsable json? Commented Mar 18, 2021 at 8:16
  • If you can't use jq, use a language with a JSON parser like perl or python, not shell. Commented Mar 18, 2021 at 8:41
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