jq is a lightweight and flexible command-line JSON processor.
jq is likesed for JSON data - you can use it to slice and filterand map and transform structured data with the same ease thatsed,awk,grep and friends let you play with text.
jq is written in portable C, and it has zero runtimedependencies. You can download a single binary,scp it to a far awaymachine of the same type, and expect it to work.
jq can mangle the data format that you have into the one that youwant with very little effort, and the program to do so is oftenshorter and simpler than you'd expect.
Go read thetutorial for more, or themanualforway more.
Have a question related to jq? You can seek answers onStack Overflowby using thejq tag, or in the#jq channelonLibera.Chat. For more interactive discussions, feel free to join ourDiscord server.
News
- 13 December 2023
jq 1.7.1 released. Security (CVE-2023-50246, CVE-2023-50268) and bug fixes.Seerelease notes for details.
- 7 September 2023
After a five-year hiatus, we've returned with a revitalizedGitHub organizationand a much-anticipated 1.7 release, thanks to our new admins and maintainers.Check out thedownload page for installation options and see therelease notes for details.
- 1 November 2018
jq 1.6 released. See installation options on thedownloadpage, and therelease notesfor details.
- 15 August 2015
jq 1.5 released, including new datetime, math, and regexp functions,try/catch syntax, array and object destructuring, a streaming parser,and a module system. See installation options on thedownload page, and therelease notesfor details.
- 26 July 2015
jq 1.5rc2 is available. Get it on thereleases page.
- 01 January 2015
jq 1.5rc1 is available. Get it on thereleases page.
- 09 June 2014
jq 1.4 (finally) released! Get it on thedownload page.
- 19 May 2013
jq 1.3 released.