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How to print one JSON object per line with jq — -c

Log pipelines and line-oriented tools want compact output: one object, one line.

Every filter was executed against the cheatsheet's sample config.json with jq 1.7 before publishing; the sample file sits at the bottom of the cheatsheet so you can reproduce every output.

jq -c '.users' config.json
# output: [{"name":"ana","age":28},{"name":"bruno","age":17},{"name":"carla","age":34}]
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