jq

jq '.fruit.color,.fruit.price' fruit.json

Iterating over arrays

# select all from an array with []
jq '.[]' fruits.json
jq '.[].name' fruits.json
jq '.[1].price' fruits.json

# slices
echo '[1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10]' | jq '.[6:9]'

Built-in Functions

  • length

  • keys

    jq '.fruit | keys' fruit.json

  • min, max

map

jq '.users | map(.age + 1)' data.json

select

jq '.users | map(select(.city == "New York"))' data.json