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Compare json files

Say I have 2 json files.

#1

{

"ID": 1,

"Value": "A"

}

{

"ID": 2,

"Value": "B",

}

#2

{

"ID": 2,

"Value": "B"

},

{

"ID": 1,

"Value": "A",

}

I would like a compare that says these 2 files are the same.

Just because they are not in the same order they are not different.

Are there any tools that will tell me they are the same?

thanks

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There's the jq tool you can use to print out a json with sorted keys jq -S . A.json. Then compare the results with any text-diffing tool you like. On my linux I'd maybe do 

diff <(jq -S . A.json) <(jq -S . B.json)
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If you are using Nodejs, apart from using `jq`, another approach is to use JSum node package

See this https://www.npmjs.com/package/jsum for more information

It is fast and does take care ordering Json object keys and checking checksum. This ensures that semantically same Jsons compare the right way

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