#! /usr/bin/env python3
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#   Abstract:   This will read a json file and generate it as an escaped string on
#               standard out.  Simple way of stuffing the config into a curl command.
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#   Date:       28 January 2021
#   Author:     E. Scott Daniels
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------

import json
import sys

f = open( sys.argv[1] )
j = json.load( f )
qj = json.dumps( j )
print( qj.replace( '"', '\\"' ) )