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Install jq (JSON Command Line processor)
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install_jq.sh
#!/bin/bash -e
# This scripts installs jq: http://stedolan.github.io/jq/
JQ=/usr/bin/jq
curl https://stedolan.github.io/jq/download/linux64/jq > $JQ && chmod +x $JQ
ls -la $JQ
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One could also use curl -sLo $JQ https://stedolan.github.io/jq/download/linux64/jq instead of > $JQ.

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justinTM commented Mar 2, 2022

@darookee i get permission error running that. works with the original

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darookee commented Mar 2, 2022

@justinTM yes, you still need the chmod +x-part, but curl can already 'output to file' by itself, so there is no need to redirect the stdout to the file.

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justinTM commented Mar 2, 2022

@darookee gotcha I missed that thank you for your replies!

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