Tips and tricks with JQ

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Transformations

// input.json
[
  {
    "label": "A",
    "value": "1"
  },
  {
    "label": "B",
    "value": "2"
  }
]

Transform to { .label = .value }

cat input.json | jq -r 'map({ (.label): .value }) | add'

Transform to --name=.label --value=.value

jq -r '.Parameters | .[] |  "--name=\"" + .Name + "\" --value=\"" + .Value + "\""'