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carlmryesterday at 8:49 AM1 replyview on HN

What were your syntax stumbling blocks? I must be honest I've used jq enough but can never remember the syntax. It's one of the worst things about jq IMO (not the speed, even though I'm a fan of speedups). There's something ungrokkable about that syntax for me.


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keysersoze33yesterday at 6:07 PM

Just the basic things, like viewing the complete json (with syntax highlighting) to then determine the filter, that is '.' becomes '**'