var argv = process.argv if (argv.length < 3) { console.error('Usage: read-package.json [ ...]') process.exit(1) } var file = argv[2] var readJson = require('read-package-json') readJson(file, function (er, data) { if (er) throw er if (argv.length === 3) { console.log(data) } else { argv.slice(3).forEach(function (field) { field = field.split('.') var val = data field.forEach(function (f) { val = val[f] }) console.log(val) }) } })