Cheatsheet Pages / jq Cheatsheet
How to sum numbers in JSON with jq — add
A column of scores needs a total.
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 '.users | map(.score) | add' config.json
# output: 255 (92 + 75 + 88)Good to know
add also concatenates arrays and merges objects — here it sums 92 + 75 + 88 = 255.
