how to add json object to json file using shell script

Question

json file as follows:

{\"name\" :\"sam\",
\"age\":23,
\"designation\":\"doctor\"}

now i want to add another json object {\"location\":\"can

Answer 1

To merge two json objects, you could use jq command-line utility:

$ jq -s add sample.json another.json

Output:

{
  "name": "sam",
  "age": 23,
  "designation": "doctor",
  "location": "canada"
}

To update a single attribute:

$ jq '.location="canada"' sample.json

It produces the same output.

To prepend "doctor" to the location:

$ jq '.location = "doctor" + .location' input.json

Output:

{
  "name": "sam",
  "age": 23,
  "designation": "doctor",
  "location": "doctorcanada"
}