refmt's Introduction

refmt

refmt is a data format translation tool written in Rust. Currently only JSON, YAML and TOML are available.

Syntax highlighting

refmt supports syntax highlighting.

Installation

refmt is written ins Rust, so you need Rust toolchains. refmt compiled with Rust 1.30.0 (stable) or newer.

To build refmt:

$ git clone https://github.com/yoshihitoh/refmt
$ cd refmt
$ cargo build --release
$ ./target/release/refmt --version
refmt 0.1.2

Usage

$ ./target/release/refmt --help
refmt 0.1.2
yoshihitoh <[email protected]>
Translate data format into another one.

USAGE:
    refmt [OPTIONS]

FLAGS:
    -h, --help       Prints help information
    -V, --version    Prints version information

OPTIONS:
    -i, --input <FILE>                   set the input file to use
        --input-format <FORMAT_NAME>     set the name of input format [possible values: json, yaml]
    -o, --output <FILE>                  set the output file to use
        --output-format <FORMAT_NAME>    set the name of output format [possible values: json, yaml]

Examples

JSON to YAML

$ echo '{"id": 1, "name": {"first": "John", "last": "Doe"}}' | ./target/release/refmt --input-format json --output-format yaml
---
id: 1
name:
  first: John
  last: Doe

YAML to JSON

$ cat <<EOS | ./target/release/refmt --input-format yaml --output-format json
> ---
> id: 1
> name:
>   first: John
>   last: Doe
> EOS
{
  "id": 1,
  "name": {
    "first": "John",
    "last": "Doe"
  }
}

JSON to TOML

$ echo '{"id": 1, "name": {"first": "John", "last": "Doe"}}' | refmt --input-format json --output-format toml
id = 1

[name]
first = 'John'
last = 'Doe'