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{
"name": "jq",
"section": 1,
"title": "command-line JSON processor (jq language subset)",
"synopsis": [
"jq [-n] [-R] [-s] [-c] [-r] [-e] [-f file] filter [file...]",
"jq reads JSON (concatenated values or NDJSON-style streams) from files or stdin."
],
"description": "Runs a jq filter program against JSON values. The engine is vendored jqjs (pure JavaScript), not the C implementation at https://github.com/jqlang/jq — language coverage and edge cases differ.",
"options": [
{
"flag": "-n, --null-input",
"meaning": "Use null as the sole input (ignore file/stdin for input)"
},
{
"flag": "-R, --raw-input",
"meaning": "Treat each line as a string instead of JSON"
},
{
"flag": "-s, --slurp",
"meaning": "Read all inputs into one array; run the filter once"
},
{
"flag": "-c, --compact-output",
"meaning": "Compact JSON on output"
},
{
"flag": "-r, --raw-output",
"meaning": "Print strings without JSON quotes"
},
{
"flag": "-e, --exit-status",
"meaning": "Set exit status from outputs (no output → 4; last false/null → 1)"
},
{
"flag": "-f, --from-file",
"meaning": "Read filter program from file"
}
],
"keywords": [
"jq",
"json",
"query",
"filter",
"jqjs"
],
"seeAlso": [
{
"name": "grep",
"section": 1
},
{
"name": "awk",
"section": 1
}
],
"bareOsNotes": "Engine: lib/jq-engine.js from @sscots/jqjs (mwh/jqjs). Missing vs C jq: try/catch, user-defined functions, recurse, many builtins, modules, full Unicode. See upstream jqjs README for the feature matrix.",
"examples": [
{
"caption": "pretty-print",
"code": "jq . data.json"
},
{
"caption": "field",
"code": "jq .version package.json"
},
{
"caption": "slurp array",
"code": "jq -s 'map(.x) | add' parts.jsonl"
},
{
"caption": "compact",
"code": "jq -c '.[] | select(.ok)' items.json"
}
]
}