To output the merged file into a json file

Question

Please let me know how to merge 2 json files into a new json file.

I used jq , and used the below command:

jq -s add file1.json file2.json > Output.json

But I am not getting the output in json ascii encode. While pasing I get an error :

Failed to parse template: Error parsing JSON: invalid character 'ÿ' looking for beginning of value

Please let me know how can I output to json file in a windows command prompt.

It looks like a reincarnation of this [bug](https://github.com/stedolan/jq/issues/45). Perhaps `-s` is what exposes it. — Tom Blodget, Apr 23 '19 at 17:08
JSON files should be UTF-8. With UTF-8 using a BOM is optional (which in my book makes it a requirement for readers to handle it, which is why I call this a bug). You could remove the BOM from the files outside of jq. — Tom Blodget, Apr 26 '19 at 02:36

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered May 13 '19 at 20:05

Since jq doesn't require a valid JSON to read in a file, any JSON stream will do, I would suggest you just append the two files

cat file1.json >> file2.json

That said, I believe you can use jq -s '.[0] * .[1]' file1 file2 to merge two JSON files

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