/**
 * stdoutToJSON 📇
 * @description a naive tool useful for outputting stdout as JSON
 * @notes This is a naive tool, that does a decent job of outputting a stdout string as JSON
 * - The use-case of a such a tool initially is for testing cli scenarios 👌
 */
/**
 * @description matches a JSON-like shape of unknown keys and values
 */
type WithWildcards<T> = T & {
    [key: string]: WithWildcards<T>;
};
/**
 * @description the Matcher shape matches a regex input string and expected output string, useful `String.prototype.replace`
 * @param {value} string a string contain a regex pattern to match
 * @param {edit} string
 */
type Matcher = {
    value: string | RegExp;
    edit: string;
};
declare const OBJECT_MATCHERS: Matcher[];
declare const TRAILING_COMMAS_MATCHERS: Matcher[];
declare const BOOLEAN_MATCHERS: Matcher[];
declare const BROWSER_MATCHERS: Matcher[];
/**
 * matcher
 * @description allows more configuration options
 * @param {str} string
 * @param {matchers} array
 * @returns {string}
 */
declare function matcher(str: string, matchers?: Matcher[] | null, debug?: boolean): string;
/**
 * stdoutToJSON
 * @description turns stdout into a JSON object
 * @param {stdout} string
 * @param {matchers} array
 * @param {debug} string
 * @returns {object} a JSON object of unknown type
 */
declare function stdoutToJSON(stdout: string, matchers?: Matcher[] | null, debug?: boolean): WithWildcards<unknown> | string;

export { BOOLEAN_MATCHERS, BROWSER_MATCHERS, type Matcher, OBJECT_MATCHERS, TRAILING_COMMAS_MATCHERS, type WithWildcards, stdoutToJSON as default, matcher, stdoutToJSON };