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JQ to Dasel
The follow examples show a set of
jq
commands and the equivalent in dasel.
Select a single value
JQ
Dasel
1
echo
'{"name": "Tom"}'
|
jq
'.name'
2
"Tom"
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1
echo
'{"name": "Tom"}'
|
dasel -p json
'.name'
2
"Tom"
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Select a nested value
JQ
Dasel
1
echo
'{"user": {"name": "Tom", "age": 27}}'
|
jq
'.user.age'
2
27
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1
echo
'{"user": {"name": "Tom", "age": 27}}'
|
dasel -p json
'.user.age'
2
27
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Select an array index
JQ
Dasel
1
echo
'[1, 2, 3]'
|
jq
'.[1]'
2
2
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1
echo
'[1, 2, 3]'
|
dasel -p json
'.[1]'
2
2
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Append to an array of strings
JQ
Dasel
1
echo
'["a", "b", "c"]'
|
jq
'. += ["d"]'
2
[
3
"a"
,
4
"b"
,
5
"c"
,
6
"d"
7
]
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1
echo
'["a", "b", "c"]'
|
dasel put string -p json -s
'.[]'
d
2
[
3
"a"
,
4
"b"
,
5
"c"
,
6
"d"
7
]
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Update a string value
JQ
Dasel
1
echo
'["a", "b", "c"]'
|
jq
'.[1] = "d"'
2
[
3
"a"
,
4
"d"
,
5
"c"
6
]
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1
echo
'["a", "b", "c"]'
|
dasel put string -p json
'.[1]'
d
2
[
3
"a"
,
4
"d"
,
5
"c"
6
]
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Update an int value
JQ
Dasel
1
echo
'[1, 2, 3]'
|
jq
'.[1] = 5'
2
[
3
1
,
4
5
,
5
3
6
]
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1
echo
'[1, 2, 3]'
|
dasel put int -p json
'.[1]'
5
2
[
3
1
,
4
5
,
5
3
6
]
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Overwrite an object
JQ
Dasel put object
Dasel put document
1
echo
'{"user": {"name": "Tom", "age": 27}}'
|
jq
'.user = {"name": "Frank", "age": 25}'
2
{
3
"user"
:
{
4
"name"
:
"Frank"
,
5
"age"
:
25
6
}
7
}
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1
echo
'{"user": {"name": "Tom", "age": 27}}'
|
dasel put object -p json -t string -t int
'.user'
name
=
Frank
age
=
25
2
{
3
"user"
:
{
4
"age"
:
25
,
5
"name"
:
"Frank"
6
}
7
}
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1
echo
'{"user": {"name": "Tom", "age": 27}}'
|
dasel put document -p json
'.user'
'{"name": "Frank", "age": 25}'
2
{
3
"user"
:
{
4
"age"
:
25
,
5
"name"
:
"Frank"
6
}
7
}
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Append to an array of objects
Bash
Dasel put object
Dasel put document
1
echo
'{"users": [{"name": "Tom"}]}'
|
jq
'.users += [{"name": "Frank"}]'
2
{
3
"users"
:
[
4
{
5
"name"
:
"Tom"
6
}
,
7
{
8
"name"
:
"Frank"
9
}
10
]
11
}
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1
echo
'{"users": [{"name": "Tom"}]}'
|
dasel put object -p json -t string
'.users.[]'
name
=
Frank
2
{
3
"users"
:
[
4
{
5
"name"
:
"Tom"
6
}
,
7
{
8
"name"
:
"Frank"
9
}
10
]
11
}
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1
echo
'{"users": [{"name": "Tom"}]}'
|
dasel put document -p json
'.users.[]'
'{"name":"Frank"}'
2
{
3
"users"
:
[
4
{
5
"name"
:
"Tom"
6
}
,
7
{
8
"name"
:
"Frank"
9
}
10
]
11
}
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Contents
Select a single value
Select a nested value
Select an array index
Append to an array of strings
Update a string value
Update an int value
Overwrite an object
Append to an array of objects