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Re:Jaq – A jq clone focused on correctness, speed, and simpl... by stevage on Wednesday November 29, 2023 @04:25PM (#38465543)
In my case, my memory doesn't work that way. I have learnt jq several times but I don't use it frequently enough to retain the knowledge.

A better tool for me would be something that uses JS syntax but with some syntactic sugar and a great man page.

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Re:Jaq – A jq clone focused on correctness, speed, and simpl... by throwaway2037 on Wednesday November 29, 2023 @08:34PM (#38468071)
What is "JS syntax"? And can you write a frontend for jq that converts "JS syntax" to jq syntax?

And is the jq man page poor? I'm sure they will accept patches for it.

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Re:Jaq – A jq clone focused on correctness, speed, and simpl... by andelink on Wednesday November 29, 2023 @11:32PM (#38469665)
The jq man page is pretty good IMO. It’s where/how I learned to use jq
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Re:Jaq – A jq clone focused on correctness, speed, and simpl... by ruuda on Thursday November 30, 2023 @02:33AM (#38470750)
I have that same problem, the advanced features I use too little to remember. Then I started working on a configuration language that should have a non-surprising syntax (json superset, mostly inspired by Python, Rust, Nix). And it turns out, this works well as a query language for querying json documents. https://github.com/ruuda/rcl Here is an example use case: https://fosstodon.org/@ruuda/111120049523534027
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