Write jq output to a file

If a user wants to write jq output to a file, the solution is simple.

jq output to a file

Extract all project ids from the following json payload to a text file:

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{
  "projects": [
    { 
      "id": 1 
    },
    { 
      "id": 2
    }
  ]
}

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echo '{"projects": [{"id": 1}, {"id": 2}]}' | jq '.projects[].id' > ids.txt

Output: ids.txt:

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Using the redirection operator (>), the jq results are written to a file.