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JQ on GitBash

July 7, 2021

JQ is a json processor. It’s for slicing and dicing data.

To install on GitBash, unzip the file and copy the executable to /usr/bin.

mv jq-win64.exe to /usr/bin/jq.exe

Create an alias. Edit ~/.bashrc.

alias jq='/usr/bin/jq.exe'

Using JQ.

jq --version
jq '.selfLink' vm.json

April 1, 2020

Here’s how to find your GitBash .bashrc.

# cd takes you to gitbash home
cd 
# edit .bashrc
vim ~/.bashrc

You can add aliases, change prompt styles, etc.

export PS1="\w: $ "
alias gcloud="gcloud.cmd"
alias gsutil="gsutil.cmd"
alias code="cd ~/Code"
cd Code

February 8, 2019

Unfortunately, you can’t run Bash scripts in GitBash the normal way. Here’s the workaround. You have to use sh script.sh

# Normal use
./script.sh
# Running it in GitBash
sh script.sh