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Yeah, jq doesn't edit files, right? You'd have to have temp files or something? jq is so good handling json, I wish there was a way of using it to edit files.
You really want to do it that way anyway.. process the files to a new set of files. That way when you screw it up going back is just deleting the new files, fixing and rerunning.
Output redirect back into the file
That'll give you an empty file 🙂
Oh yea, you’re right
Typical rookie mistake :D