demoj1/get-in

Simple fast (but not alternative) jq

Work with json in scripts without 228GB node_modules dependency

:: C/get_in » echo '{"a": [1, {"b": 2}]}' | get-in a
[1, {
        "b":    2
}]

:: C/get_in » echo '{"a": [1, {"b": 2}]}' | get-in a.0
1

:: C/get_in » echo '{"a": [1, {"b": 2}]}' | get-in a.1
{
        "b":    2
}

:: C/get_in » echo '{"a": [1, {"b": 2}]}' | get-in a.1.b
2

:: C/get_in » echo '{"a": [1, {"b": 2}]}' | get-in a.1.b.c
[ERROR] Could not extract sub path from plain type

:: C/get_in » echo '{"a": [1, {"b": 2}]}' | get-in c
(null)