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The chances are that if you are a modern developer or if you're starting out, you probably don't know what `jq` is, and that's why I'm writing this post. It won't take long to explain what `jq` is, so let's just get that out of the way.

`jq` could be labeled a command line tool, but in truth it‘s a very “high-level lexically scoped functional programming language” (at least according to Wikipedia) that’s has been around for over a decade. The whole thing is based around JSON and helping you manipulate it in the terminal quickly, which may seem dull or not very useful to the untrained, but let me **show you** why this goes so hard.
`jq` could be labeled a command line tool, but in truth it‘s a very “high-level lexically scoped functional programming language” (at least according to Wikipedia) that has been around for over a decade. The whole thing is based around JSON and helping you manipulate it in the terminal quickly, which may seem dull or not very useful to the untrained, but let me **show you** why this goes so hard.

A great way to experience `jq` yourself is to follow their [short tutorial](https://jqlang.github.io/jq/tutorial/) but I wanted to give a more personal example. Recently I built a [CLI](https://cli.pinata.cloud) for Pinata that lets you upload, access, and manage your files from the terminal. One simple command you can run is `pinata files list -a 5` to display a list of your most recent uploads (limiting the amount to 5 items for now), and the output looks like this.


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20	20		The chances are that if you are a modern developer or if you're starting out, you probably don't know what `jq` is, and that's why I'm writing this post. It won't take long to explain what `jq` is, so let's just get that out of the way.
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22		-	`jq` could be labeled a command line tool, but in truth it‘s a very “high-level lexically scoped functional programming language” (at least according to Wikipedia) that’s has been around for over a decade. The whole thing is based around JSON and helping you manipulate it in the terminal quickly, which may seem dull or not very useful to the untrained, but let me show you why this goes so hard.
	22	+	`jq` could be labeled a command line tool, but in truth it‘s a very “high-level lexically scoped functional programming language” (at least according to Wikipedia) that has been around for over a decade. The whole thing is based around JSON and helping you manipulate it in the terminal quickly, which may seem dull or not very useful to the untrained, but let me show you why this goes so hard.
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24	24		A great way to experience `jq` yourself is to follow their [short tutorial](https://jqlang.github.io/jq/tutorial/) but I wanted to give a more personal example. Recently I built a [CLI](https://cli.pinata.cloud) for Pinata that lets you upload, access, and manage your files from the terminal. One simple command you can run is `pinata files list -a 5` to display a list of your most recent uploads (limiting the amount to 5 items for now), and the output looks like this.
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