Group objects into buckets by a property.
Section: Arrays and Objects
Group array items by field
bash
bash
echo '[{"team":"a","name":"x"},{"team":"a","name":"y"},{"team":"b","name":"z"}]' | jq 'group_by(.team)'Explanation
Input should already be sorted by the grouping field for predictable results.
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