JSON file "null" to empty string converter

messages.json_null_to_empty-string.ps1

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# JSON file "null" to empty string converter

# For use with WebTranslateIt and Google Chrome extension i18n files
# -WTI will spit out unproofread segments as "null" (without quotes), but
# Chrome needs missing segments to be empty strings
# -Replace "null" with an empty string so that the target files can still be
# properly marked as unproofread in the WTI UI

# Evan Shultz
# Neater Bookmarks
# [email protected]
# 23 May 2014 - v0.1

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# search all reachable paths for files named messages.json
Get-ChildItem -path .\ -include messages.json -recurse | 
    Foreach-Object {
        Write-Host "Procesing $_"
        # replace '": null' with empty string write original or modified line
        (Get-Content $_) -replace "`": null","`": `"`"" | Set-Content $_
    }

Write-Host "`n`nProcessing completed`nPress any key to continue ..."
$x = $host.UI.RawUI.ReadKey("NoEcho,IncludeKeyDown")