README.md

Run this script passing object name and field api name(without __c) and it prints all the metadata about the custom field like "Description","inlinehelpText" and etc..

sh GetFieldInfo.sh Foo__c bar

NOTE: This script only works with custom fields.

GetFieldInfo.sh

#!/bin/bash

sfdx force:data:soql:query --query="SELECT Id,NameSpacePrefix, DeveloperName, TableEnumOrId,Metadata FROM CustomField WHERE TableEnumOrId = '$1' and DeveloperName='$2'" --usetoolingapi --targetusername cxuat --json > temp.txt

echo 'printing picklist values'

cat temp.txt | jq '.result.records[0].Metadata.valueSet.valueSetDefinition.value[]' | jq '.valueName'

echo '-------------------------'

echo 'printing description'

cat temp.txt | jq '.result.records[0].Metadata.description'

echo '-------------------------'
echo 'printing inlineHelpText'

cat temp.txt | jq '.result.records[0].Metadata.inlineHelpText'

echo '-------------------------'
echo 'printing formula'

cat temp.txt  | jq '.result.records[0].Metadata.formula'

echo '-------------------------'
echo 'printing label'

cat temp.txt  | jq '.result.records[0].Metadata.label'

echo '-------------------------'
echo 'printing type'

cat temp.txt  | jq '.result.records[0].Metadata.type'

echo '-------------------------'