jq but edit json inplace

jq-inplace.sh

#!/bin/sh

# The first argument should be json string that would be fed into jq.
# The second argument should be json filename.

# create temporary file
TEMP=$(mktemp)

# remove temoorary file in case the program terminates unexpectedly
trap "{ rm -f $TEMP; }" EXIT

# redirect the result of jq [FIRST ARG] [SECOND ARG] to temporary file
jq "$1" "$2" > $TEMP

# replace original json with new one
cat $TEMP > "$2"

# remove used temporary file
rm $TEMP

Example usage:

sample.json

{
  "scripts": {
    "test": "Placeholder"
  }
}

Command:
./jq-inplace.sh '.scripts += {"build": "tsc", "test": "another text"}' sample.json

modified sample.json

{
  "scripts": {
    "test": "another text",
    "build": "tsc"
  }
}