Jq: Comparison operators

‘jq’ support comparison operators to process json data.

 

compOperators.json 

{
	"1": {
		"org": [{
			"name": "ABC Cord",
			"yrsOfExperience": 2.2
		}, {
			"name": "XYZ",
			"yrsOfExperience": 1.8
		}],
		"firstName": "Krishna",
		"lastName": "Ram",
		"address": {
			"city": "Bangalore",
			"country": "India"
		}
	},

	"2": {
		"org": [{
			"name": "XYZ",
			"yrsOfExperience": 4.2
		}, {
			"name": "Bokara",
			"yrsOfExperience": 3.8
		}],
		"firstName": "Battu",
		"lastName": "Gopi",
		"address": {
			"city": "Bangalore",
			"country": "India"
		}
	},

	"3": {
		"org": [{
			"name": "Dongle",
			"yrsOfExperience": 2.6
		}, {
			"name": "Binare",
			"yrsOfExperience": 1.11
		}],
		"firstName": "Krishna",
		"lastName": "Ram",
		"address": {
			"city": "Hyderabad",
			"country": "India"
		}
	}

}

Example 1: Get all the employees who are working in Bangalore.

$cat compOperators.json | jq '.[] | select(.address.city=="Bangalore") | .firstName+","+.lastName'
"Krishna,Ram"
"Battu,Gopi"

 

  

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