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jq Cheat Sheet

Parse file​

jq < file.json
jq . file.json

Compact file​

jq -c < file.json
jq -c . file.json

Select element from file​

jq .key file.json

Select element from array within file​

jq .key[].array_element file.json

Remove stringification from selected elements​

jq -r .key file.json

Retrieve keys from file​

jq keys file.json

Create custom object from file values​

jq '{ foo: .key1, bar: .key2 }' file.json

Filtering selected values from file​

jq 'select(.key == "value")' file.json

Combine with cURL​

curl -s [URL] | jq .key file.json