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Jq

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Usage

Command-line JSON processor.

shell

jq OPTIONS FILTER FILE

Option	Description
`-r` `--raw-output`	If the filter's result is a string then it will be written directly to standard output.

It also accepts JSON contents from stdin.

Filter	Description
`.`	Identity operator. Takes its input and produces it unchanged as output.
`.foo`	Object Identifier-Index. Takes the value at the key `foo` from a JSON object (dictionary).
`.[2]`	Array index. Zero-based, negative indices are allowed.
`del(.foo)`	Removes a key and its corresponding value from an object.

Pretty-print a JSON.

shell

jq . file.json

Pretty-print a JSON with a key-value removed.

shell

jq 'del(.foo)' file.json

Get a value from a object inside an array.

shell

jq '.[0].version' file.json