jq -s to Combine Multiple JSON ObjectsIt is not uncommon to have multiple JSON objects in a single file, or to
want to deal with several separate files as if they were all in the same
JSON file. This is why jq -s (slurp) exists. Adding the -s will
automatically create a top-level array containing all the objects in the
order that they are parsed.
This is useful when you have a log of JSON entries, one compressed JSON object per line.
This is also particularly useful for combining multiple YAML files into
one when combined with the Go yq program. In my case, I’ve made the
first YAML document (within the single file) the meta data, like a
section, then the rest of the documents are each objects of the same
type, like a meta-level array with clean separation between each of
them.
# fetch only the meta data
yq e unix.yaml -j | jq -s '.[0]'
Tags:
#json #jq #tips #yaml