CLI Reference

The ZON package includes a CLI tool for converting files between JSON and ZON format.

Installation

npm install -g zon-format

Usage

# Encode JSON to ZON format
zon encode data.json > data.zonf

# Decode ZON back to JSON
zon decode data.zonf > output.json

Examples

# Convert a JSON file to ZON
zon encode users.json > users.zonf

# View ZON output directly
zon encode config.json

# Convert ZON back to formatted JSON
zon decode users.zonf > users.json

File Extension

ZON files conventionally use the .zonf extension to distinguish them from other formats.

Notes:

• The CLI reads from the specified file and outputs to stdout
• Use shell redirection (>) to save output to a file
• Both commands preserve data integrity with lossless conversion