to string java_Convert Bash String to JavaString

Using a greatly adhoc approach: (invoking perl twice)

data='{"5": ">10%", "4": "<5%", "3": ">28 months", "2": "20%", "1": 100}'

echo $data |

perl -pe 's/{/{n/; s/}/n}/; s/, /,n/g; s/^"/ "/gm' |

perl -0pe 's/"/\"/g; s/n/\n" + n/g; s/^/"/gm; s/}\n.*$/}"/'

The result is:

"{n" +

" "5": ">10%",n" +

" "4": "<5%",n" +

" "3": ">28 months",n" +

" "2": "20%",n" +

" "1": 100n" +

"}"

Further testing:

test='{"first" : "1st", "second": "2nd", "third" : "3rd" }'

echo $test |

perl -pe 's/{/{n/; s/}/n}/; s/, /,n/g; s/^"/ "/gm' |

perl -0pe 's/"/\"/g; s/n/\n" + n/g; s/^/"/gm; s/}\n.*$/}"/'

returns

"{n" +

" "first" : "1st",n" +

" "second": "2nd",n" +

" "third" : "3rd" n" +

"}"

As for outputting this new string, try:

data='{"5": ">10%", "4": "<5%", "3": ">28 months", "2": "20%", "1": 100}'

newdata=$(echo $data |

perl -pe 's/{/{n/; s/}/n}/; s/, /,n/g; s/^"/ "/gm' |

perl -0pe 's/"/\"/g; s/n/\n" + n/g; s/^/"/gm; s/}\n.*$/}"/')

echo "String data = $newdata" >> /tmp/file.txt