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venerable jq
Ha!
jq
was the bratty kid I yelled at to get off my lawn. Now he’s a drinking buddy, but still the youngest!It’s true that compared to the other utilities, it’s rather new. First release was almost 13 years ago.
awk
, which I think is the closest comparison, on the other hand turns 50 in 2027… though new awk is only 40.
A tradeoff between convenience and usecase. I personally would only use json/jq for complex data processing needs. But then i would use Python, not shell.
Shout out to nushell for building an entire shell around this idea!
It’s a cool shell, I like ita lot more since I found out you can use
?
to mark a field optional