Jq Command Tutorials for Bash Shell Scripting

What you’ll learn
Jq Basics
How to Parse (read and write) JSON Data with Jq Command ?
How to use Jq Command in Bash Shell Scripting ?
How to pretty print json in the command line ?
How to use different type of filter on JSON Data ?

Requirements
Linux/Mac System to Practice
Knowledge on Command Line
Basic Knowledge on Usage of Pipelines and redirections
Basic Knowledge on JSON Data
Basic Knowledge on any editor like vi/vim/vcode ….

Description
This course is for anyone who works with json on Command-line or using Bash Shell Scripts.

Now a Days , DevOps Automation is more into REST APIs usage and REST APIs Response is json. So, to implement bash shell scripts by using REST APIs then you must know how to parse the response of REST API (I.e,. parsing JSON Data)

JQ is a program developed to filter JSON data. You can consider jq as sed, awk, grep like program but designed specifically for filtering JSON data. JQ supports filters, conditions, operators and other language features. While creation and understanding of JSON data is very simple due to its human readable format, JSON data parsing is still a very complicated task to achieve if done manually. Instead, you can use programs like jq to parse JSON data in minutes.

Concepts
1. Usage of jq Command in Bash Shell Scripts

2. Part-1: Filters & Options

a. Identity Filter

b. Field Filter

c. Raw String

d. Field Filter with the combination of command and raw string

3. Basics to use jq command in Bash Shell Scripts

Who this course is for

Programmers who work with json

IT professionals who work with json

Anyone who works with json

Who this course is for
Bash Shell Scripting Developers to use jq command in scripts