arg VS jq

Compare arg vs jq and see what are their differences.

arg

usage: arg [...args]; output: (count of args):(len of args) (...quoted arguments) (by denisde4ev)
sh

jq

Command-line JSON processor [Moved to: https://github.com/jqlang/jq] (by stedolan)
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arg jq
2 306
1 25,063
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0.8 0.0
about 1 year ago 11 months ago
Shell C
- GNU General Public License v3.0 or later
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arg

Posts with mentions or reviews of arg. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-05-11.
  • ls is bloat
    5 projects | /r/linuxmemes | 11 May 2023
    even I make exceptions, https://github.com/denisde4ev/arg/blob/master/arg.bash but dont worry, its heavy commented + video ref. and I even left the fallback code commented in case new version of bash has even brokenier version of echo.
  • Out of curiosity, what is your best script you can showcase?
    11 projects | /r/bash | 5 Mar 2023
    and another one very useful arg. for debugging problems in quoting. it has sh and C version. [count]:[length] [...quoted] https://github.com/denisde4ev/arg

jq

Posts with mentions or reviews of jq. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-08-21.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing arg and jq you can also consider the following projects:

bin - my bins (mostly shell scripts)

yq - Command-line YAML, XML, TOML processor - jq wrapper for YAML/XML/TOML documents

fml - :card_index_dividers: A stupid simple, fast TUI file manager written in BASH v4.2+

dasel - Select, put and delete data from JSON, TOML, YAML, XML and CSV files with a single tool. Supports conversion between formats and can be used as a Go package.

pkm - A super minimal TUI package manager wrapper written in BASH v4.2+

gojq - Pure Go implementation of jq

dyetide - a bash script that replaces hex, rgb, or hsl color codes out for other color codes. either within a file or from the terminal!

json5 - JSON5 — JSON for Humans

forkrun - runs multiple inputs through a script/function in parallel using bash coprocs

jp - Validate and transform JSON with Bash

tinysh - Tiny UNIX shell, de-obfuscated, modernized, and "rewritten in Rust".

nushell - A new type of shell