How to install jo
brew install jo jo use case
Create JSON objects and arrays directly from shell commands and piped input
When to use jo
- Building JSON structures in shell scripts or one-liners
- Converting tabular or line-based output (e.g., from seq, cut) into JSON arrays
- Generating configuration files or API payloads in CI/CD pipelines
When not to use jo
- Parsing or manipulating existing JSON (use jq instead)
- Creating deeply nested or complex JSON structures with many levels
jo features
- · key=value syntax for objects
- · array mode with -a flag
- · pretty printing with -p
- · boolean and numeric type detection
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