I want to append an element to an array in a JSON file using the jq``add command, but it's not working.
report-2017-01-07.json file:
{ "report": "1.0","data": { "date": "2010-01-07","messages": [ { "date": "2010-01-07T19:58:42.949Z","xml": "xml_samplesheet_2017_01_07_run_09.xml","status": "OK","message": "metadata loaded into iRODS successfully" }, { "date": "2010-01-07T20:22:46.949Z","xml": "xml_samplesheet_2017_01_07_run_09.xml","status": "NOK","message": "metadata duplicated into iRODS" }, { "date": "2010-01-07T22:11:55.949Z","xml": "xml_samplesheet_2017_01_07_run_09.xml","status": "NOK","message": "metadata was not validated by XSD schema" } ] }}I am using this command:
$ cat report-2017-01-07.json | jq -s '.data.messages {"date": "2010-01-07T19:55:99.999Z", "xml": "xml_samplesheet_2017_01_07_run_09.xml", "status": "OKKK", "message": "metadata loaded into iRODS successfullyyyyy"}'jq: error: syntax error, unexpected '{', expecting $end (Unix shell quoting issues?) at <top-level>, line 1:.data.messages {"date": "2010-01-07T19:55:99.999Z", "xml": "xml_samplesheet_2017_01_07_run_09.xml", "status": "OKKK", "message": "metadata loaded into iRODS successfullyyyyy"} jq: 1 compile errorHere's how I want the output to look:
{"report": "1.0","data": {"date": "2010-01-07","messages": [{"date": "2010-01-07T19:58:42.949Z","xml": "xml_samplesheet_2017_01_07_run_09.xml","status": "OK","message": "metadata loaded into iRODS successfully" }, {"date": "2010-01-07T20:22:46.949Z","xml": "xml_samplesheet_2017_01_07_run_09.xml","status": "NOK","message": "metadata duplicated into iRODS" }, {"date": "2010-01-07T22:11:55.949Z","xml": "xml_samplesheet_2017_01_07_run_09.xml","status": "NOK","message": "metadata was not validated by XSD schema" }, {"date": "2010-01-07T19:55:99.999Z","xml": "xml_samplesheet_2017_01_07_run_09.xml","status": "OKKKKKKK","message": "metadata loaded into iRODS successfullyyyyy" }] }}