If a user wants to write jq output to a file, the solution is simple. jq output to a file Extract all project ids from the following json payload to a text file: 1{ 2 "projects": [ 3 { 4 "id": 1 5 }, 6 { 7 "id": 2 8 } 9 ] 10} 1echo '{"projects": [{"id": 1}, {"id": 2}]}' | jq '.projects[].id' > ids.txtOutput: ids.txt: 11 22Using the redirection operator (>), the jq results are written to a file.