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jq: Accepts a file as last parameter

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Examples look simpler with file as last parameter than with using `cat`,
also they explicitly show that you must use `.` as the default
all-matching rule.

Keep the last two examples with piping, and change their descriptions
accordingly.
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Eric Nielsen 2018-04-13 13:04:03 -05:00 • committed by Starbeamrainbowlabs
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- Output a JSON file, in pretty-print format:
`cat {{file}} | jq`
`jq . {{file.json}}`
- Output all elements from arrays (or all key-value pairs from objects) in a JSON file:
`cat {{file}} | jq .[]`
`jq .[] {{file.json}}`
- Read JSON objects from a file into an array, and output it (inverse of `jq .[]`):
`cat {{file}} | jq --slurp`
`jq --slurp . {{file.json}}`
- Output the first element in a JSON file:
`cat {{file}} | jq .[0]`
`jq .[0] {{file.json}}`
- Output the value of a given key of the first element in a JSON file:
- Output the value of a given key of the first element in a JSON from stdin:
`cat {{file}} | jq .[0].{{key_name}}`
`cat {{file.json}} | jq .[0].{{key_name}}`
- Output the value of a given key of each element in a JSON file:
- Output the value of a given key of each element in a JSON from stdin:
`cat {{file}} | jq 'map(.{{key_name}})'`
`cat {{file.json}} | jq 'map(.{{key_name}})'`