Print a single field like a repo name or count.
Section: cURL and API Recipes
Extract one field from API response
bash
bash
curl -s https://api.github.com/repos/jqlang/jq | jq -r '.full_name'Explanation
Use `-r` for plain shell-friendly output.
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