json

jq

Pretty print a json file: cat <file>|jq '.'
Remove the annoying double quotes when extracting data → use the -r option for raw text

Find a certain entitiy in a json file and print another entry inside that entity:

cat <file>|jq -r '.AutoScalingGroups[] | select(.AutoScalingGroupName|contains("ame-auto-scaling-group")).AutoScalingGroupName'

Filter for certain entities in a json file and build a new json output with certain values:
```
cat <file>|jq ''
```
Select elements which do not contain a certain value:
```
cat <file>|jq '.notifications[] | select(contains("trex") | not)'
```
Selects only elements for which a string "trex" can be found in the array "notifications".
Remove elements which contain a certain string:
```
cat <file>|jq 'del(.notifications[] | select(contains("trex")))'
```
Returns the json file without entries inside the array "notifications" which contain the text "trex".
Remove elements which do not contain a certain string:
```
cat <file>|jq 'del(.notifications[] | select(contains("trex") | not))'
```
Returns the json file only with entries inside the array "notifications" which contain the text "trex".