I have gitbash
in Windows. I am trying to run jq
but its giving me error.
$ ./jq-win64.exe
jq
parse error: Invalid numeric literal at line 2, column 0
Intention: I want to use jq
to parse json.
I have gitbash
in Windows. I am trying to run jq
but its giving me error.
$ ./jq-win64.exe
jq
parse error: Invalid numeric literal at line 2, column 0
Intention: I want to use jq
to parse json.
Easiest solution and always latest version:
run this curl in your gitbash:
curl -L -o /usr/bin/jq.exe https://github.com/stedolan/jq/releases/latest/download/jq-win64.exe
or manually save the jq-win64.exe
in link above as jq.exe
to your /usr/bin
(which is in your git bash installation folder)
(if you are behind a proxy add the -x proxyhost:port
)
Using jq-win64.exe
from github.com/stedolan/jq/releases
, I get
vonc@voncav MINGW64 /d/prgs/dl
$ ./jq-win64.exe --version
jq-1.6
vonc@voncav MINGW64 /d/prgs/dl
$ echo '{"foo": 0}' | ./jq-win64.exe .
{
"foo": 0
}
So it does work, but it then depends on the json document you are parsing with it.
If that json document is not well-formed, that would generate the error you see.
In your bash session, you can define (or add to your ~/.bashrc
) an alias:
alias jq=/path/to/jq-win64.exe
That way, you don't need to use ./jq
, but directly jq
.
$ echo '{"foo": 0}' | jq
In my case:
vonc@voncav:/$ alias jq=/mnt/d/dwnl/jq-win64.exe
vonc@voncav:/$ echo '{"foo": 0}' | jq
{
"foo": 0
}
I hate answers that say you need another to use another tool to download, but using https://chocolatey.org/ made this incredibly simple for me.
From an elevated command-prompt, run:
choco install jq
jq
magically works from bash going forward.
I just downloaded the binary to %HOMEPATH%/bin/jq-win64
and it worked right away via jq
$ mkdir -p $HOMEPATH/bin
$ curl -L -o $HOMEPATH/bin/jq.exe https://github.com/stedolan/jq/releases/latest/download/jq-win64.exe
test
$ jq --version
jq-1.6
Instead of using chocolatey (with elevated rights) you could also use scoop.sh:
scoop install jq
Below steps worked for me in git bash on windows 10
curl -L -o jq-win64.exe https://github.com/stedolan/jq/releases/latest/download/jq-win64.exe
export PATH=$PATH:"/C/Users/devops/Downloads/jq-win64.exe
jq --version
jq-1.6
In my case, I have fixed it in Windows10 while practicing a scenario of "Techworld with Nana" course, as per the below steps:
1) open "cmd" prompt (Run as administrator)
2) curl -L -o /usr/bin/jq-win64.exe
Download it here
3) You can add C:\Program Files\Git\usr\bin
path to your environment variables. If you follow this step, ignore the below steps.
[OR]
3) Go to the directory where jq is downloaded: C:\Program Files\Git\usr\bin
and copy the file to C:\
drive
4) Add the path C:\
to "path" environment variable. This PC-->Properties-->Advanced
system settings --> Environment Variables -->Edit-->New
. Then add the path (where you copied jq.exe, i.e., C:) and Save it.
5) Now open a new "cmd" prompt, jq --version
For windows Powershell && cmd
Download executable -> jq 1+ executables for 64-bit
Create folder in Program Files -> JQ
Copy .exe into program folder
Set environment variable to that folder
Restart terminal
Set alias
Set-Alias -Name jq -Value .\jq-win64.exe
Run command
echo '{"foo": 0}' | jq
Output
{
"foo": 0
}
enjoy!