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I like the fact that this exists, but I prefer to use jq.

I also would like to know in which situation this is preferable to jq.

There's also http://jmespath.org -- the syntax for which is supported in AWS CLIs.

Not sure which one is better at this point. Using jq still often feels like trying to decode a code golf contest entry.

Really? I find jq syntax rather pleasant to read and write.

The jq tool is great. Start using it today as a JSON pretty printer and learn it's more powerful features (selection, object creation) as you need them. The only thing I would like to add to jq would be the ability to use multiple cores.

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