• StrangeAstronomer@lemmy.ml
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    8 months ago

    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!

    • Laser@feddit.orgOP
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      8 months ago

      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.

  • MonkderVierte@lemmy.ml
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    8 months ago

    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.

    • Laser@feddit.orgOP
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      8 months ago

      It’s a cool shell, I like ita lot more since I found out you can use ? to mark a field optional