angular CLI ng g component error: Unexpected token ] in JSON at position 942

[uurrahman]

Hello,

I have updated angular cli and due to some reason i getting this error:

Unexpected token ] in JSON at position 942

ng serve is working properly.

My development environment is:

Angular CLI: 6.0.3
Node: 8.11.2
OS: linux x64
Angular: 6.0.2
... animations, cdk, common, compiler, compiler-cli, core, forms
... http, language-service, material, platform-browser
... platform-browser-dynamic, router

Package	Version
angular-devkit/architect	0.6.3
angular-devkit/build-angular	0.6.3
angular-devkit/build-optimizer	0.6.3
angular-devkit/core	0.6.3
angular-devkit/schematics	0.6.3
angular/cli	6.0.3
ngtools/webpack	6.0.3
schematics/angular	0.6.3
schematics/update	0.6.3
rxjs	6.1.0
typescript	2.7.2
webpack	4.8.3

[bresleveloper]

you probably put commented something in angular.json

[sophiewjzhang]

I ran into the similar issue when trying to run "ng g ...", and thanks to this post, I found it's because of a comment in the angular.json as above suggested. The error message could be more clear.

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