Using jq with bash to run command for each object in array

Question

How can I run a Bash command for every JSON object in a JSON array using jq? So far I have this:

cat credentials.json | jq -r \'.[] | .user, .date, .         


        

Answer 1

You could have jq output the commands to execute, something like

.[] | "mycommand \(.user|@sh) \(.date|@sh) \(.email|@sh)"

Then execute it. Something like

bash <(jq -r '.[] | "mycommand \(.user|@sh) \(.date|@sh) \(.email|@sh)"' foo)