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You personally like to suffer.

I used to do that in Python, but it is a pain. jq is great for these things, and jid seems to be also.

I made a gui for this https://github.com/wellsjo/JSON-Splora

How would you do a `data.keys.sort` with jq? Here I don't have to learn a new programming language or hack around with UNIX pipes ;)

`keys|sort` in jq.

Nice! Thanks

jq has sort and sort_by(exp). Its | is a jq operator, not a unix pipe.

It's true it's a new lang, and although simple, I often have to look things up.

It might be nice to have a jq REPL, so needn't quote, and easier to keep state around.

I find jq syntax tricky, and it's difficult to work out what I need to get to specific elements. I guess I'm more used to things like XPath. Seconding the request for a REPL

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