Data-Processing
Building JSON from Raw Input
The command jq is often used to process JSON into other JSON. What if you do not start with JSON, though. It can still help.
Restructure JSON Objects Using jq
The JSON parsing command jq can do more than extract a subset of elements
from JSON. This guide shows some examples you may encounter.
Sorting Data from the CLI
Sometimes you just need to put a bit of text in order. This could me
numerically or alphbetically. If you need to do this from a shell script or
the terminal, the sort command and its friends can help.