Linux Command Cheat Sheet/Extract JSON field

Read a nested field from JSON.

Section: sed awk and Structured Text Workflows

Extract JSON field

bash
bash
jq -r '.items[].metadata.name' pods.json
Explanation

Excellent for combining API JSON with shell pipelines.

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