From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.2 (2018-09-13) on inbox.vuxu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.8 required=5.0 tests=HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.2 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (minnie.tuhs.org [45.79.103.53]) by inbox.vuxu.org (OpenSMTPD) with ESMTP id f16f95b3 for ; Tue, 21 Jan 2020 21:58:42 +0000 (UTC) Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 48FA49C20B; Wed, 22 Jan 2020 07:58:41 +1000 (AEST) Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BF44A9C1FF; Wed, 22 Jan 2020 07:57:54 +1000 (AEST) Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 2208B9C1FF; Wed, 22 Jan 2020 07:57:52 +1000 (AEST) Received: from clarinet.employees.org (clarinet.employees.org [198.137.202.74]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id F28889C14A for ; Wed, 22 Jan 2020 07:57:46 +1000 (AEST) Received: by clarinet.employees.org (Postfix, from userid 1736) id CBBAA4E11B6D; Tue, 21 Jan 2020 21:57:46 +0000 (UTC) Date: Tue, 21 Jan 2020 21:57:46 +0000 From: Derek Fawcus To: The Eunuchs Hysterical Society Message-ID: <20200121215746.GB25322@clarinet.employees.org> References: <202001122034.00CKYQ39571239@darkstar.fourwinds.com> <202001122044.00CKiUNV573279@darkstar.fourwinds.com> <202001122137.00CLbMrw582813@darkstar.fourwinds.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: Subject: Re: [TUHS] Tech Sq elevator (Was: screen editors) [ really I think efficiency now ] X-BeenThere: tuhs@minnie.tuhs.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.26 Precedence: list List-Id: The Unix Heritage Society mailing list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: tuhs-bounces@minnie.tuhs.org Sender: "TUHS" On Sat, Jan 18, 2020 at 09:45:22AM -0600, Michael Parson wrote: > > And here, understanding the model is important, namely, grep is the > wrong tool for searching/parsing JSON output. Dealing with JSON from the > shell, you should use jq. I've been dragged kicking and screaming into > dealing with JSON, and about all I can say about it is, I like it about > this >< much more than XML. :) If push comes to shove, one can always use xmlawk (xml extension for gawk) to beat the latter in to submission. DF