[krelas]

Here’s one for HN readers, you can now find jq in /usr/bin/ in Sequoia.

[switch007]

$ jq '.[] | messages | .thank_you' < strings.json

wait, maybe it's...

$ jq '. | .messages.thank_you' < strings.json

darn it! how about

$ jq '[].messages.thank_you' < strings.json

!??@@!

[LeoPanthera]

Figuring out what garbage to type into jq is the best thing about ChatGPT.

[gcr]

jq's syntax is different, but well worth remembering.

i have some flash cards if you'd like. a teensy amount of effort pays huge dividends with swiss knife software like this (and things like matplotlib, tar CLI options, etc)

[throwitaway1123]

Wow, that might be the best part of the update. System Integrity Protection shields /usr, /bin, and /sbin, so I prefer to use the system provided executables in those directories when possible.

[jxy]

interesting

    % /usr/bin/jq --version
    jq-1.6-159-apple-gcff5336-dirty

[mdaniel]

I can't know what "-dirty" implies, but https://github.com/jqlang/jq/commit/cff5336 is a pretty random commit from 2022 :-(

https://github.com/apple-oss-distributions/distribution-macO... hasn't been updated with a "jq" directory yet

[shawn_w]

1.6? Wonder why they went with an outdated version.

[subjectsigma]

Whoa, you're right. How did you know? The developer notes only seem to talk about API changes

[krelas]

I manage a lot of Macs, been beta testing since June.

[vbezhenar]

Now that's the real feature!

[andrelaszlo]

Is it the BSD jq from 1995? </s>

Jk, thanks for the info! It's nice to know it's available on the system by default when writing scripts for my team.

[wpm]

Nah just the last GPL2 licensed version from 2008

ope wait that's just bash