( sorry Whitelist by Wulf) I can't find an exact example of how the entry for permissions is written in the json file (I am the noobiest of noobs with mods), please help, the following is what I've come up with so far:
{
"Admin Excluded (true/false)": true,
"Reset On Restart (true/false)": false
"oxide.grant 76561198032826274 whitelist.allow"
}

You should not add anything to configuration. Permission is added and used by the plugin itself, and its `whitelist.allow`. You cannot change it (only in plugin CODE, no config option for it). You can only change values after : that already exist in config.

The ony thing in config is the whitelist.json file

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This is the existing code that came with the file:
{
"Admin Excluded (true/false)": true,
"Reset On Restart (true/false)": false
}

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I've read a lot of Wulf's threads and there are examples of how permissions are given to groups, but no specific ones for single user permissions that I could find.

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Really what I need help with is finding instructions for getting the whitelist written for someone who has never installed a mod.

You need to use commands, not config.
There are docs on it, check the header of the website. There's a docs button ;) `o.grant user ID/NAME PERMISSION`

I got yhe info from another source, the code is entered through RCON

Or just server console. You can use both