title: Accessing a JSON object in Bash - associative array / list / another model
body: <p>I have a Bash script which gets data in JSON, I want to be able to <strong>convert the JSON into an accessible structure</strong> - array / list / or other model which would be easy to parse the nested data.</p>
  <p><strong>Example</strong>:</p>
  <pre><code>{
    &quot;SALUTATION&quot;: &quot;Hello world&quot;,
    &quot;SOMETHING&quot;: &quot;bla bla bla Mr. Freeman&quot;
  }
  </code></pre>
  <p>I want to get the value like the following: <code>echo ${arr[SOMETHING]}</code></p>
  <p>[ Different approach is optional as well. ]</p>