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Re:jq 1.7 released by p-e-w on Thursday September 07, 2023 @03:47AM (#37415903)
> a short&simple jq-snippet can work wonders for readability of the overall script.

... if the reader happens to be familiar with the niche language "jq".

Otherwise, you may as well have put some Akkadian cuneiform in there.

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Re:jq 1.7 released by Ekaros on Thursday September 07, 2023 @06:50AM (#37417112)
So awk or sed or maybe even grep?

jq seems slightly better than those...

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Re:jq 1.7 released by cryptonector on Thursday September 07, 2023 @10:19AM (#37419254)
Certainly for JSON.
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Re:jq 1.7 released by mmcdermott on Thursday September 07, 2023 @05:43PM (#37426014)
> ... if the reader happens to be familiar with the niche language "jq".

Eh. Linux/Unix has always had an affinity for DSLs and mini-languages. If you're willing to work with bash, sed, awk, perl, lex, yacc, bc/dc etc. jq doesn't seem like it should cause too much consternation.

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