jkit cut

Fold deeply nested JSON into compact summaries. Perfect for getting an overview of a giant API response without scrolling for an hour.

jkit cut <depth>   # full name
jkit c <depth>     # short alias

Synopsis

jkit cut [<depth>]
jkit c   [<depth>]

Argument	Description
<depth>	Maximum depth to render. Anything deeper is replaced with a one-line summary. Optional — when omitted, nothing is folded.

Reads from stdin or the clipboard — see Input handling.

What it does

• Renders objects and arrays normally up to <depth> levels.
• At <depth>, replaces nested objects with { N items dict } and arrays with [ N items array ].
• Object keys are emitted in lexicographic order, so the same input always produces the same output. Diffing two payloads stays clean.

Examples

Depth = 0: collapse everything

> echo '{"a":1,"b":[2,3]}' | jkit c 0

{ 2 items dict }

Depth = 1: see the top-level shape

> echo '{"meta":{"a":1,"b":2},"items":[1,2,3]}' | jkit c 1

{
    "items": [ 3 items array ],
    "meta": { 2 items dict }
}

Depth = 2: drill one level deeper

> echo '{"code":0,"message":"success","result":{"main_section":{"id":1,"title":"x"},"section":[{"id":2}]}}' | jkit c 2

{
    "code": 0,
    "message": "success",
    "result": {
        "main_section": { 2 items dict },
        "section": [ 1 items array ]
    }
}

No argument: full tree, sorted keys

> echo '{"b":1,"a":2,"c":3}' | jkit c

{
    "a": 2,
    "b": 1,
    "c": 3
}

Errors

> echo '{}' | jkit c abc
jkit: invalid depth "abc": strconv.Atoi: parsing "abc": invalid syntax

> echo '{}' | jkit c -1
jkit: depth must be non-negative, got -1