Passing bash shell variable to jq filter

Question

Trying to pass a bash shell variable into a jq filter

JSON:

{
\"server1\": {
\"port\": 3333,
\"name\": \"foo\",
\"timesincelast\": 248054
},
\"server         


        

Answer 1

You could write:

.[$servername] | .port

or simply:

.[$servername].port