gron

gron makes JSON greppable!

Works with jq.

Installation

MacOS:

brew install gron

Linux:

sudo apt install gron

Use

Example: what is the path to use with jq to isolate name of the bridge in the output of

docker network inspect bridge

Pipe it through gron and then use grep

> docker network inspect bridge|gron|grep name
json[0].Options["com.docker.network.bridge.name"] = "docker0";

and then use the path with jq:

> docker network inspect bridge|jq '.[0].Options["com.docker.network.bridge.name"]'
"docker0"