You can access the value directly as if it were a javascript property: jq -r .value - Check the online docs, there are tons of options for mapping/fitlering/selecting/etc... This is probably thee best tool for working with api's on the command line.
Also getting back to your actual question, use quotes: jq On Tue, Dec 19, 2017 at 6:36 PM, James Shewey <[email protected]> wrote: > Any idea how to make the output pipe-able? Eg: > > echo '{"value": "New", "onclick": "CreateNewDoc()"}' | jq > > works well and, as expected, I get: > > { > "value": "New", > "onclick": "CreateNewDoc()" > } > > But I can't pipe that output to anything else and if I do: > > echo '{"value": "New", "onclick": "CreateNewDoc()"}' | jq | grep value > > this just errors out printing the tool usage guidelines. > > On Friday, December 8, 2017 at 2:00:11 PM UTC-7, Tom McKay wrote: >> >> @daviddavis reminded me of a nice utility I learned about recently: >> jq[1]. I use it quite often in scripts involving container images where I >> need the long sha256 to reference them. >> >> sudo skopeo inspect --raw docker-daemon:satellite.exampl >> e.com:5000/examplecorp-docker_hub-alpine:3.4 | jq '.config | .digest' >> >> Enjoy! >> >> [1] https://stedolan.github.io/jq/tutorial/ >> > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "foreman-dev" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "foreman-dev" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
