jq is used to parse JSON result, format and output on the cli.

This document shows brief overview for how to

Basics

• Using variables: exp as $var | exp
  • length as $array_length | add / $array_length
• Boolean operations:
  • AND: exp and exp
  • OR: exp or exp
• string functions:
  • contains(substr) returns boolean
  • startswith(substr) returns boolean
  • join(separator) returns string
• select can be used to filter specific records
• from_entries can be used to parse

Use cases

Get the object of any key

exp | to_entries | .[].value | exp

Output CSV/TSV result from JSON

@csv and @tsv can be used to format the array with CSV or TSV