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Add note to jq.1 about shell quoting

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Nicolas Williams
2013-12-25 17:05:32 -06:00
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@@ -49,6 +49,13 @@ manpage_intro: |
in the jq language and specifies how to transform the input in the jq language and specifies how to transform the input
document. document.
Note: it is important to mind the shell's quoting rules. As a
general rule it's best to always quote (with single-quote
characters) the jq program, as too many characters with special
meaning to jq are also shell meta-characters. For example, `jq
"foo"` will fail on most Unix shells because that will be the same
as `jq foo`, which will generally fail because `foo is not defined`.
## FILTERS ## FILTERS
manpage_epilogue: | manpage_epilogue: |