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+const fs = require('fs-extra');
+const path = require('path');
+
+// Helper function to reorder keys in an object.
+const reorderKeys = (obj, order) => {
+    return Object.keys(obj)
+        .sort((a, b) => {
+            const indexA = order.indexOf(a);
+            const indexB = order.indexOf(b);
+            if (indexA === -1 && indexB === -1) return 0; // both keys are not in order array, no sorting
+            if (indexA === -1) return 1; // a is not in order array, sort it at the end
+            if (indexB === -1) return -1; // b is not in order array, sort it at the end
+            return indexA - indexB; // both are in order array, sort them based on the array
+        })
+        .reduce((result, key) => {
+            result[key] = obj[key];
+            return result;
+        }, {});
+};
+
+// Read directory.
+const dirPath = './examples/motoko_examples'; // Replace with the path to the directory containing folders with dfx.json files
+fs.readdir(dirPath, (err, folders) => {
+    if (err) {
+        console.error('Could not list the directory.', err);
+        return;
+    }
+
+    folders.forEach((folder) => {
+        const dfxJsonPath = path.join(dirPath, folder, 'dfx.json');
+        if (fs.existsSync(dfxJsonPath)) {
+            fs.readJson(dfxJsonPath)
+                .then((dfxConfig) => {
+                    for (const canister in dfxConfig.canisters) {
+                        if (dfxConfig.canisters.hasOwnProperty(canister)) {
+                            dfxConfig.canisters[canister] = reorderKeys(
+                                dfxConfig.canisters[canister],
+                                [
+                                    'type',
+                                    'main',
+                                    'candid',
+                                    'build',
+                                    'wasm',
+                                    'gzip',
+                                    'declarations',
+                                    'env'
+                                ]
+                            );
+                        }
+                    }
+                    return fs.writeJson(dfxJsonPath, dfxConfig, { spaces: 4 });
+                })
+                .then(() => {
+                    console.log(
+                        `Successfully reordered keys in ${dfxJsonPath}`
+                    );
+                })
+                .catch((err) => {
+                    console.error(
+                        `Error reading or writing dfx.json in ${folder}`,
+                        err
+                    );
+                });
+        }
+    });
+});