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                jq is a lightweight and flexible command-line JSON processor.


                
                  
                    
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        jq is like sed for JSON data - you can use it to slice and filter
and map and transform structured data with the same ease that sed,
awk, grep and friends let you play with text.


        jq is written in portable C, and it has zero runtime
dependencies. You can download a single binary, scp it to a far away
machine of the same type, and expect it to work.


        jq can mangle the data format that you have into the one that you
want with very little effort, and the program to do so is often
shorter and simpler than you'd expect.


      


      
        Go read the tutorial for more, or the manual
for way more.

Ask questions on stackoverflow using the jq
tag, or on the
#jq channel on
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        News

        
          	
                1 November 2018
                jq 1.6 released. See installation options on the download
page, and the release notes
for details.

              
	
                15 August 2015
                jq 1.5 released, including new datetime, math, and regexp functions,
try/catch syntax, array and object destructuring, a streaming parser,
and a module system. See installation options on the
download page, and the
release notes
for details.

              
	
                26 July 2015
                jq 1.5rc2 is available. Get it on the
releases page.

              
	
                01 January 2015
                jq 1.5rc1 is available. Get it on the
releases page.

              
	
                09 June 2014
                jq 1.4 (finally) released! Get it on the download page.

              
	
                19 May 2013
                jq 1.3 released.

              


        

      

    


    
      
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