jq-static

jq is like sed for JSON data - you can use it to slice and filter and map and transform structured data with the same ease that sed, awk, grep and friends let you play with text. See documentation

Maintainers

• The Core Planners: chef-core-planners@chef.io

Type of Package

Binary package

Use as Dependency

Binary packages can be set as runtime or build time dependencies. See Defining your dependencies for more information.

To add core/jq-static as a dependency, you can add one of the following to your plan file.

Buildtime Dependency

pkg_build_deps=(core/jq-static)

Runtime dependency

pkg_deps=(core/jq-static)

Use as Tool

Installation

To install this plan, you should run the following commands to first install, and then link the binaries this plan creates.

hab pkg install core/jq-static --binlink

will add the following binary to the PATH:

• /bin/jq

For example:

$ hab pkg install core/jq-static --binlink
» Installing core/jq-static
☁ Determining latest version of core/jq-static in the 'stable' channel
→ Found newer installed version (core/jq-static/1.6/20200921135846) than remote version (core/jq-static/1.6/20200404003518)
→ Using core/jq-static/1.6/20200921135846
★ Install of core/jq-static/1.6/20200921135846 complete with 0 new packages installed.
» Binlinking jq from core/jq-static/1.6/20200921135846 into /bin
★ Binlinked jq from core/jq-static/1.6/20200921135846 to /bin/jq

Using an example binary

You can now use the binary as normal. For example:

/bin/jq --help or jq --help

$ jq --help
jq - commandline JSON processor [version 1.6]

Usage:  jq [options] <jq filter> [file...]
        jq [options] --args <jq filter> [strings...]
        jq [options] --jsonargs <jq filter> [JSON_TEXTS...]

jq is a tool for processing JSON inputs, applying the given filter to
its JSON text inputs and producing the filter's results as JSON on
standard output.
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