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		jbverschoor on Jan 9, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: FX: An interactive alternative to jq to process JS... This simply evals the argument. Not an alternative to jq. `fx “code to eval”`

ducaale on Jan 9, 2022 | [–]

This doesn't look to me something that can be evaluated by node

  fx .comments[].authors[].names

You might want to take a look at this post[1] to see everything fx can do.

[1] https://medium.com/@antonmedv/discover-how-to-use-fx-effecti...

kitd on Jan 9, 2022 | [–]

Are you truly unable to see how fx adds value over plain jq?

If you are, then why comment?

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