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14 changes: 2 additions & 12 deletions cookbook/jq_v_nushell.md
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The output for `jq` is a JSON string whereas in `nu` it's a Nushell value. To get the output of any pipeline as JSON, simply apply a [`to json`](/commands/docs/to_json.html) at the end:

```nu
'[{"name": "Alice", "age": 30}, {"name": "Bob", "age": 25}]'
'{"title": "jq vs Nushell", "publication_date": "2023-11-20"}'
| from json
| to json
```
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```nu
'{"name": "Alice", "age": 30}'
| from json
| items { |key, value| ["Name" $value] | str join ": " }
| str join ", "
# => Name: Alice, Name: 30
```

This approach is a bit involved but if we [install the full version](https://github.com/nushell/nushell/releases) which includes the _extra commands_ we can benefit from the [`format`](/commands/docs/format.html):

```nu
'{"name": "Alice", "age": 30}'
| from json
| format "Name: {name}, Age: {age}"
| format pattern "Name: {name}, Age: {age}"
```

### Composing records
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