jq Cheat Sheet/Flatten nested arrays

Collapse one level or all levels of array nesting.

Section: Arrays and Objects

Flatten nested arrays

bash
bash
echo '[[1,2],[3,[4]]]' | jq 'flatten'
Explanation

`flatten` recursively flattens nested arrays into one array.

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