Process large JSON incrementally as path/value events.
Section: Files, Slurp, and Streams
Use streaming parser
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jq --stream '.' large.jsonExplanation
Streaming mode is advanced but valuable for huge documents.
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Slurp inputs into one array
Read all JSON inputs and wrap them into an array.
Read raw lines as strings
Treat input as plain text lines instead of JSON.
Read whole raw file as one string
Slurp plain text into one string value.
Convert JSON lines into array
Turn multiple JSON documents into a single array.
Pretty-print JSON from stdin
Format JSON read from stdin with default pretty output.