Extract nested value safely

Optional chaining with fallback default value

jq '.config?.database?.host // "localhost"' config.json
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More jq commands

  • Sort by numeric field
    jq 'sort_by(.timestamp) | reverse | .[0:5]' events.json

    Get 5 most recent events sorted by timestamp descending

  • Convert JSON to CSV
    jq -r '.[] | [.id, .name, .status] | @csv' data.json

    Output selected fields as comma-separated values

  • Add field to every element
    jq '[.[] | . + {"env": "prod"}]' items.json

    Inject a new key-value pair into every array element

  • Walk and transform all strings
    jq 'walk(if type == "string" then ascii_downcase else . end)' data.json

    Recursively lowercase all string values in a JSON document

  • Pretty print JSON
    cat data.json | jq '.'

    Format and colorize a JSON file

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