Imagine a world where Bash supports JSON

01	#!/bin/bash

02	. ticktick.sh

03

04

``

05	people = {

06	"Writers": [

07	"Rod Serling",

08	"Charles Beaumont",

09	"Richard Matheson"

10

],

11

"Cast": {

12	"Rod Serling": { "Episodes": 156 },

13	"Martin Landau": { "Episodes": 2 },

14	"William Shatner": { "Episodes": 2 }

15

}

16

}

17

``

18

19	function printDirectors() {

20	echo "  The ``people.Directors.length()`` Directors are:"

21

22	for director in ``people.Directors.items()``; do

23	printf "    - %s\n" ${!director}

24

done

25

}

26

27	`` people.Directors = [ "John Brahm", "Douglas Heyes" ] ``

28	printDirectors

29

30	newDirector="Lamont Johnson"

31	`` people.Directors.push($newDirector) ``

32	printDirectors

33

34	echo "Shifted: ``people.Directors.shift()``"

35	printDirectors

36

37	echo "Popped: ``people.Directors.pop()``"

38	printDirectors

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