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jq

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A JSON processor that uses a domain-specific language (DSL).

Options (1)

-f, --from-fileboolean

Execute a specific script

Example: {{cat path/to/file.json}} | jq {{[-f|--from-file]}} {{path/to/script.jq}}

Execute a specific expression only using the `jq` binary (print a colored and formatted JSON output)

jq '.' path/to/file.json

Execute a specific script

cat path/to/file.json | jq [-f|--from-file] path/to/script.jq

Pass specific arguments

cat path/to/file.json | jq --arg "name1" "value1" --arg "name2" "value2" ... '. + $ARGS.named'

Create new JSON object via old JSON objects from multiple files

cat path/to/multiple_json_file_*.json | jq '{newKey1: .key1, newKey2: .key2.nestedKey, ...}'

Print specific array items

cat path/to/file.json | jq '.[index1], .[index2], ...'

Print all array/object values

cat path/to/file.json | jq '.[]'

Print objects with 2-condition filter in array

cat path/to/file.json | jq '.[] | select((.key1=="value1") and .key2=="value2")'

Add/remove specific keys

cat path/to/file.json | jq '. +|- {"key1": "value1", "key2": "value2", ...}'