jq JSON Processor
Discussions center on jq, a command-line JSON processing tool likened to awk/sed for JSON, including recommendations, syntax critiques, usage tips, and alternatives like gron, miller, jello, and jiq.
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You could give jq a go: https://stedolan.github.io/jq/
What not just use jq? https://stedolan.github.io/jq/
This is really cool. Gives you much of what jq does without having to remember jq syntax.
Jq allows you to fully transform a json structure. Batteries included. Similar to awk/sed etc you can even write your jq code in a separate file, and point jq to it.
Learning how to effectively use jq, which is kind of like awk + sed for json.
I love `jq`: https://stedolan.github.io/jq/
Have you considered jq?https://stedolan.github.io/jq/https://github.com/stedolan/jq
Can you name an alternative to jq with better syntax?
Related tools for those working with JSON:- jo: convert shell ouput to JSON- jiq: interactive jq, useful when building complex jq queries
If JQ is too much, see GRON &| Millergron transforms JSON into discrete assignments to make it easier to grep for what you want https://github.com/tomnomnom/gronMiller is like awk, sed, cut, join, and sort for data formats such as CSV, TSV, JSON, JSON https://github.com/johnkerl/miller