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My command line is pointed at the directory containing all my JSON files but I'm getting this error: "jq: error: Could not open file *.json: Invalid argument" I've received this error when attempting several commands previously.

Z. Kettell
– Z. Kettell

2018-09-28 03:16:27 +00:00
Commented Sep 28, 2018 at 3:16
I installed Ubuntu on Windows so I had access to a linux shell and this response worked perfectly. I used "jq -n '[inputs | .messages] | add' *.json > output.json" and it compiled all of the messages into a single new file. Thanks for the help.

Z. Kettell
– Z. Kettell

2018-09-28 05:13:13 +00:00
Commented Sep 28, 2018 at 5:13

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