Using . operator, we can access specific value of a property.
empPretty.json
{
"org": [{
"name": "Honeywell",
"yrsOfExperience": 2.2
}, {
"name": "IBM",
"yrsOfExperience": 1.8
}],
"firstName": "Krishna",
"lastName": "Ram",
"address": {
"city": "Bangalore",
"country": "India"
}
}
.org: access the value of org property
.firstName: access the value of firstName property
.lastName: access the value of lastName property
.address.city access the value of city property.
$cat empPretty.json | jq '.org'
[
{
"name": "Honeywell",
"yrsOfExperience": 2.2
},
{
"name": "IBM",
"yrsOfExperience": 1.8
}
]
$
$
$cat empPretty.json | jq '.firstName'
"Krishna"
$
$cat empPretty.json | jq '.lastName'
"Ram"
$
$cat empPretty.json | jq '.address.city'
"Bangalore"
Access multiple properties in single command
Using , operator, you can access multiple properties in single command.
Example
$cat empPretty.json | jq '.firstName, .lastName'
"Krishna"
"Ram"
Above command extract firstName and lastName properties.
$cat empPretty.json | jq '.org[].name, .org[].yrsOfExperience'
"Honeywell"
"IBM"
2.2
1.8
Above command extract organization name and yrsOfExperience of an employee.
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