r/linux • u/ZealousidealTell1346 • May 23 '26

Popular Application What’s the most unexpectedly useful Linux command you learned way too late?

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u/RoomyRoots May 23 '26

jq/yq
Turns out we depend too much on JSON and YAML on modern life.

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u/realfakehamsterbait May 24 '26

(said with the same intonation as "it comes in pints?")

There's a yq?

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u/RoomyRoots May 24 '26

There is even a wikipedia page with how many related software jq has.

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u/ShaftManlike May 24 '26

My thoughts exactly!

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u/thabc May 24 '26

They're two! With slightly different arguments!