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jq-1.8.1

lightweight and flexible command-line JSON processor

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Description

jq is a command-line JSON processor. It 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.

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Ports path
textproc/jq
Package architecture
amd64
Maintainer
The OpenBSD ports mailing-list <ports@openbsd.org>
Categories
textproc
Available flavors
None listed

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