jq - JSON Processor for Command Line Operations
Process JSON data with filtering, transformation, and manipulation capabilities
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Updated: 2026-02-12Capabilities
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What this skill does
- pretty-print JSON
- filter specific fields
- select array elements
- query nested data
- modify field values
- delete fields
- count array elements
- apply functions to elements
- group data by fields
- sort data by fields
- find unique values
- combine JSON files
- output compact JSON
Inputs
- JSON files
- JSON data from stdin
- JSON data from URLs
- Multiple JSON files
Outputs
- Formatted JSON output
- Filtered JSON data
- Transformed JSON structures
- Modified JSON files
- Compact JSON output
Requirements
- jq tool installed
- Command line environment
- JSON data source