I love jq, I hate jq. Help a competent grepper get a grasp on the terse language!

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  • nvim-jqx

    Populate the quickfix with json entries

  • P. S. If you are using neovim nvim-jqx is a jq wrapper that populates entries in the quickfix window. Spoiler alert: I am the author (so in this case you can shoot the messenger :p)!

  • gjq

    jq, but for Groovy GPath expressions

  • WorkOS

    The modern identity platform for B2B SaaS. The APIs are flexible and easy-to-use, supporting authentication, user identity, and complex enterprise features like SSO and SCIM provisioning.

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  • jello

    CLI tool to filter JSON and JSON Lines data with Python syntax. (Similar to jq)

  • fx

    Terminal JSON viewer & processor

  • Depending on how confident you are with javascript, you might want to take a look at https://github.com/antonmedv/fx

  • ngs

    Next Generation Shell (NGS)

  • I was doing bash (with jq) and Python for a while. Out of frustration with both, I created Next Generation Shell. The aim of NGS is to

  • gron

    Make JSON greppable!

  • Or github: https://github.com/tomnomnom/gron

  • nsd

    NGS Scripts Dumpster (by ngs-lang)

  • NGS Scripts Dumpster - collection of small scripts in NGS

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