Parse specific output from json with jq

Question

I am new for jq and been trying to get desired output, but without success.

So let's say I have json content like this:

{  
    "name": "jack",  
    "tags": ["1.0", "2.0"]  
}

And I would like to get ouput like this:

jack:1.0  
jack:2.0

How to achieve that with jq?

hek2mgl · Accepted Answer · 2017-02-27 11:14:48Z

2

Use this:

jq -r '"\(.name):\(.tags[])"' file.json

answered Feb 27, 2017 at 11:14

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hey can you please explain what is going on in the background to print this? looks pretty cool!