On Sat, Mar 23, 2024 at 12:53:24AM -0500, Albretch Mueller wrote: > out of a HAR file containing lots of obfuscating js cr@p and all kinds of > nonsense I was able to extract line looking like: It's not "js cr@p", It is called JSON. And there's a spec for it. [...] > I have tried substring substitution, sed et tr to no avail. You might have a lot of fun trying to parse JSON with sed and tr. If you are serious about it, you should try a proper parser and extractor. I'd recommend jq [1], available in Debian under the same-named package. I have written a few shell scripts reaching into the innards of You'll have to wrap your brain around it, but in the time you have implemented a parser for js in "sed and tr" (you might need a dash of "proper programming language" around that, some luck and a ton of elbow grease) you might have wrapped your brain like 16 times around jq (or some other appropriate tool). Cheers -- tomás
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