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by edu_guitar 822 days ago
if you are used to the command line and knows some basic syntax, it is less verbose then opening a REPL and reading a file. The fact that you can pipe the json data into it is also a plus, making it easier to check quickly if the response of a curl call has the fields/values you were expecting. Of course, if you are more comfortable doing that from the REPL, you get less value from learning jq. If you are fond of one liners, jq offers a lot of potential.