apt install jq obj="{" for dir in Apps/*; do result=$(cat ./Apps/$dir/appfile.json) tagline=$(echo "$result" | jq .tagline) title=$(echo "$result" | jq .title) overview=$(echo "$result" | jq .overview) #tips=`echo "$result" | jq .tops.before_install[].content` content="{\"tagline\": ${tagline} , \"overview\":${overview} }," obj="${obj} ${title} : ${content}" done obj=${obj%?} obj="${obj} }" data=$(echo "$obj" | jq .) echo "$data" >en_us.json