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How to decode nested json with jq
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nested-json.sh
# Typical use-case is decoding an AWS STS message. The DecodedMessage key contains escaped JSON.
jq '.DecodedMessage | fromjson | .' message.json
@aclarknexient
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Thank you for sharing this, a google search brought me here :)

@commondatageek
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Also, I had exactly the same use case -- unescaping json from a decoded STS message :D

Thanks!

@mmieluch
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This is fantastic, thank you!

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