title: How to construct associative Bash array from JSON hash?
body: <p>The question is exactly the opposite of <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/44792241">Constructing a json hash from a bash associative array</a>. Given the following JSON:</p>
  
  <pre><code>{
      "a": "z",
      "b": "y",
      "c": "x"
  }
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I would like to have an associative Bash array.</p>