When using jq it is easy to select a key:value that you want to output, but by default the array dissapears. How do I keep the output as an array?
Example
# My JSON
my_json='{"count":2,"values":[{"name": "Hans","age": 22},{"name": "John","age": 88}]}'
# Getting names
echo $my_json | jq ".values[].name"
"Hans"
"John"
What I want
["Hans", "John"]
With an output like that I can e.g. remove the quotes by outputting it to tsv.
# Output to tsv
echo '["Hans", "John"]' | jq -r '.[]'
>Solution :
You can add square brackets along with c(ompact output) option such as
echo $my_json | jq -c '[.values[].name]'