jq is great, but I doubt I'll ever be able to remember its syntax...

williamdclt · on Dec 22, 2020

Like half my CLI tools, to be honest.

I usually mash together a 10-steps pipeline of jq, grep (-v), vim, xargs until I find the data I need. If I need a reliable processing pipeline, I can afford to google 10min for how to use jq in more details!

kbrazil · on Dec 22, 2020

Shameless plug, but that was one of the reasons I created jello[0], which allows you to use pure python list/dict/comprehension, etc. syntax. Also, here is a blog post[1] explaining in more detail.

[0]https://github.com/kellyjonbrazil/jello

[1]https://blog.kellybrazil.com/2020/03/25/jello-the-jq-alterna...

jillesvangurp · on Dec 22, 2020

Same here. I always end up googling things I know it can do because I've done them before. I just can't remember the syntax.