rq: Universal convertor between structured data (JSON, MessagePack, CBOR, etc.)

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Huh I didn't know rq dropped its own query language support. That's kind of disappointing tbh, because I just really want to have one tool that's as powerful as jq and understands all the json-y formats.

That said I also don't really want the thing that does that to reinvent the wheel, jq's syntax may be annoying but at this point it's "won" really and "different query language + all the formats" is just an awkward niche to fill.

I switched to dasel a while back. Not as powerful, but I tend to use node when I want to do anything complicated with JSON querying. I spend too much time rereading the jq manual to do anything non-trivial.

https://github.com/TomWright/dasel

I think `rq | jq` is more in line with UNIX philosophy.

Interesting that CSV is supported but XML is missing. Is it finally dead?

It only supports structured data.

But seriously, XML is such a nightmare to parse that it might not even make sense to try.

COBOL isn't even dead.

Jq, yq, zq, gq, rq, … I wonder when we’ll complete the *q alphabet. :)

Then we’ll have to go for three letters — I reserve bbq.

Insert and repeat: https://github.com/01mf02/jaq

There's also yq for YAML (it wraps around jq).

Thanks, added it to my comment.

I feel special for not making my tool[0] a member of the *q alphabet family (:

[0] shameless plug: https://github.com/queer/utt

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