- Updated to 1.4
+ New command line arguments
* jq --arg-file variable file
* jq --unbuffered
* jq -e / --exit-status (set exit status based on outputs)
* jq -S / --sort-keys (now jq no longer sorts object keys by
default
+ Syntax changes
* .. -> like // in XPath (recursive traversal)
* question mark (e.g., .a?) to suppress errors
* ."foo" syntax (equivalent to .["foo"])
* better error handling for .foo
* added % operator (modulo)
* allow negation without requiring extra parenthesis
* more function arguments (up to six)
+ New filters
* any, all
* iterables, arrays, objects, scalars, nulls, booleans,
numbers, strings, values
+ New string built-ins
* split
* join (join an array of strings with a given separator string)
* ltrimstr, rtrimstr
* startswith, endswith
* explode, implode
* fromjson, tojson
* index, rindex, indices
+ New math functions
* floor, sqrt, cbrt, etc.
+ Addition of libjq, a C API interface to jq's JSON representation