@kszongic/jsonc-strip-cli

Strip comments and trailing commas from JSONC files to produce valid JSON. Zero dependencies.

Handles // single-line comments, /* */ multi-line comments, and trailing commas — the three things that make JSONC files invalid JSON.

Install

npm install -g @kszongic/jsonc-strip-cli

Usage

# Strip comments from a file
jsonc-strip tsconfig.json

# Pipe from stdin
cat config.jsonc | jsonc-strip

# Edit in-place
jsonc-strip -i tsconfig.json

# Minified output
jsonc-strip -m config.jsonc

# Custom indentation
jsonc-strip -s 4 config.jsonc

Options

| Flag | Description | |------|-------------| | -i, --in-place | Overwrite the file with stripped output | | -m, --minify | Output minified JSON | | -s, --spaces N | Indentation spaces (default: 2) | | -h, --help | Show help | | -v, --version | Show version |

Example

Input (tsconfig.json):

{
  // TypeScript compiler options
  "compilerOptions": {
    "target": "ES2020", /* output target */
    "strict": true,
  }
}

Output:

{
  "compilerOptions": {
    "target": "ES2020",
    "strict": true
  }
}

License

MIT © kszongic