# Apply f to composite entities recursively using keys[], and to atoms def sorted_walk(f): . as $in | if type == "object" then reduce keys[] as $key ( {}; . + { ($key): ($in[$key] | sorted_walk(f)) } ) | f elif type == "array" then map( sorted_walk(f) ) | f else f end; def normalize: sorted_walk(if type == "array" then sort else . end); normalize