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collection of miscellaneous jq snippets
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jq-snippets.sh
# print value pairs from an array in lower case
jq --raw-output '.[] | "\(.key_1 | ascii_downcase) \(.key_2 | ascii_downcase)"'
# convert `key=value` lines into `{"key":"value"}` json
jq --raw-input 'split("=") | {(.[0]):.[1]}' some.conf | jq --slurp 'add'
# validate json (bad)
echo '{hello: "there"}' | jq . >/dev/null 2>&1 && echo good json || echo bad json
bad json
# validate json (good)
echo '{"hello": "there"}' | jq . >/dev/null 2>&1 && echo good json || echo bad json
good json
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