recurse(), but preserve structure #263
Description
Let's take the recurse example from the manual, and add a bunch of useless {"foo": "bar"} to it:
{"name": "/", "foo": "bar", "children": [
{"name": "/bin", "foo": "bar", "children": [
{"name": "/bin/ls", "foo": "bar", "children": []},
{"name": "/bin/sh", "foo": "bar", "children": []}]},
{"name": "/home", "foo": "bar", "children": [
{"name": "/home/stephen", "foo": "bar", "children": [
{"name": "/home/stephen/jq", "foo": "bar", "children": []}]}]}]}
recurse(.children[]) | .name will give me all the names, but destroy the structure of the JSON in the process.
Is there a way to get that information, but preserve the structure?
With the JSON above, this would be the output:
{"name": "/", "children": [
{"name": "/bin", "children": [
{"name": "/bin/ls", "children": []},
{"name": "/bin/sh", "children": []}]},
{"name": "/home", "children": [
{"name": "/home/stephen", "children": [
{"name": "/home/stephen/jq", "children": []}]}]}]}