Jtc – CLI tool to extract, manipulate and transform source JSON

Re:Jtc – CLI tool to extract, manipulate and transform sourc... by pmoriarty on Tuesday October 08, 2019 @05:29PM (#21197484)

At first I was a little skeptical of this tool's claims of being simpler than jq, as I struggled to understand why (for instance) they were using <> in some parts of their example and [] in others, but after going through their step-by-step explanation it all made sense, and it does seem very simple. A tool that simplifies things is always welcome.

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Re:Jtc – CLI tool to extract, manipulate and transform sourc... by bradknowles on Tuesday October 08, 2019 @07:04PM (#21198260)

The "User Guide.md" file is over 3000 lines long, comprising some 133KB. I read through about a quarter of it, before my eyes started to glaze over.

I'm not convinced that I would call this "simpler" than jq.

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Re:Jtc – CLI tool to extract, manipulate and transform sourc... by ak217 on Tuesday October 08, 2019 @09:57PM (#21199249)

jq is one of the most intentionally designed pieces of software I've seen. In due time, I expect it to become as ubiquitous and indispensable as ls, grep, sed and awk. The jq language could use a formal spec, but other than that jq has a sublime elegance.

By contrast, this seems like one of the least intentionally designed pieces of CLI software I've seen.

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