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How to select with jq in an array of values?

I want to select elements >= 3 in an array like [2, 4, 3] with jq, how do I do it?

I have found answers when the array contains objects (e.g [{Name:"a", Age:2} ...]}) with things like select (.Age >= 2) but I don't know how to refer to values

Solution

  • Use ..

    If you want to retain the array structure, you could use map(select(_)), e.g.

    jq -n '[2, 4, 3] | map(select(. >= 3))'

    If you just want the values, you could consider:

    jq '.[] | select(. >= 3)' <<< '[2, 4, 3]'