Answer by bubonic for Passing variable to jq to edit a json file
Michael Homer has the correct response. I'll post what I was aiming for in relation to op's question. I am trying to modify a permissions graph obtained through a REST API curl call using jq to output...
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You can use square bracket indexing on all objects in jq, so [$name] works for what you're trying: jq --arg key1 true --arg name "$name" '.Linux.script_executed[$name] = $key1 ...' This use of square...
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I am trying to pass a variable into jq like this '.Linux.date.$var' so far I have tried quoting them by name which is working fine. But I want to use variable to call them. I have this, which is...
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