# Please don't abuse jq like this full_post_jq='(.post | (.id | tostring)+" "+(.name | tostring)), (.post.url)+", "+(.creator.display_name // .creator.name)+":", ((.comment // .post) | .published, (.body // .content))' short_post_jq='(.post | (.id | tostring)+" "+(.name | tostring)), (.post.url)+", "+(.creator.display_name // .creator.name)+":", ((.comment // .post) | .published)' comment_jq='(.comment | .path[2:])+", "+(.creator.display_name // .creator.name)+":", ((.comment // .post) | .published, (.body // .content))' #Split this out because I specifically do want to include post IDs in some places. Or rather, I only don't want to include them on the comments view. notif_jq='(.comment | (.parent_id | tostring)+"->"+(.id | tostring))+" ("+(.post | (.id | tostring))+"), "+(.creator.display_name // .creator.name)+":", ((.comment // .post) | .published, (.body // .content))' community_jq='(.community | (.id | tostring)+" "+.actor_id,.description), .subscribed, (.counts | [.subscribers,.posts,.comments,.users_active_week] | join(" "))' multi_jq(){ echo '.[] | '"$1"',""'; } comments_jq=$(multi_jq "$comment_jq") posts_jq=$(multi_jq "$full_post_jq") notifs_jq=$(multi_jq "$notif_jq") communities_jq=$(multi_jq "$community_jq")