Parse JSON easily like a PRO

15 must know JQ operations and an Easy way to parse JSON files.

Ganesh Chandrasekaran

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Nov 21, 2019

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JQ : A Lightweight command line JSON processor. Its so simple and powerful.

Install JQ (Centos)

Install JQ (Other Platforms)

Download the sample JSON from

https://github.com/gchandra10/jqtutorial

Note : This JSON file has no root element. '.' is used.

1. View JSON file in readable format

$ jq '.' sample_nows.json

2. Read the First JSON element / object

$ jq 'first(.[])' sample_nows.json

3. Read the Last JSON element

$ jq 'last(.[])' sample_nows.json

4. Read top 3 JSON elements

$ jq 'limit(3;.[])' sample_nows.json