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jq rewrite object example and print the top level object
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jq-rewrite-object.sh
#!/bin/sh
set -e
result=$(cat $1 | jq --arg examplekey 'examplevalue' '.dependencies |= {"newkey": $examplekey} + .')
echo $result | jq . | cat > $1
#for a given object with key 'dependencies', this will add to the object the key "newkey" with value "examplevalue"
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