How to replace values in a json using sed-CodePudding

"protocols": {
   "name" : "my",
      "schemes": [
        "demo",
        "electron"
      ]
    },

This is my json, i want to edit protocols section where "my" with "my-protocol" and "demo" with "test"

CodePudding user response：

sed -i '/name/c\   \"name\" : \"my-protocol\",' package.json

please try this

CodePudding user response：

This might work for you (GNU sed):

sed '/^"protocols": {/{:a;N;/\n\s*},$/!ba;s/"my"/"my-protocol"/;s/"demo"/"test"/}' file

Match "protocols": { at the beginning of a line and gather up further lines until one matching },.

Replace "my" by "my-protocol" and "demo" by "test".