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:
var00='{\"index\":\"prod-h-006\",\"fields\":{\"identifier\":\"bub_gb_O2EAAAAAMAAJ\",\"title\":\"Die Wissenschaft vom subjectiven Geist\",\"creator\":[\"Karl Rosenkranz\", \"Mr. ABC123\"],\"collection\":[\"europeanlibraries\", \"americana\"],\"year\":1843,\"language\":[\"German\"],\"item_size\":797368506},\"_score\":[50.629513]}' echo "// __ \$var00: |$var00|" The final result that I need would look like: var02='bub_gb_O2EAAAAAMAAJ|Die Wissenschaft vom subjectiven Geist|["Karl Rosenkranz", "Mr. ABC123"]|["europeanlibraries", "americana"]|1843|["German"]|797368506|[50.629513]' echo "// __ \$var02: |$var02|" I have tried substring substitution, sed et tr to no avail. lbrtchx