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Description
Describe the bug
jq
has the somewhat surprising behavior of recognizing additional options after a non-option argument has been encountered. While I won't suggest changing that behavior (due to compatibility concerns), it would be nice if jq
at least recognized --
as an indication to stop attempting to parse options. This is a pretty commonly-implemented feature of commandline tools.
Given that it's currently an error to pass --
in a context where options are recognized, I don't think it would introduce a compatibility issue.
To Reproduce
Expected to remain the same:
$ jq --null-input --args '$ARGS' foo bar baz --zorch
jq: Unknown option --zorch
Use jq --help for help with command-line options,
or see the jq manpage, or online docs at https://jqlang.github.io/jq
Current behavior of --
:
$ jq --null-input --args -- '$ARGS' foo bar baz --zorch
jq - commandline JSON processor [version 1.7]
Usage: jq [options] <jq filter> [file...]
...
Expected behavior
Suggested behavior of --
:
$ jq --null-input --args -- '$ARGS' foo bar baz --zorch
{
"positional": [
"foo",
"bar",
"baz",
"--zorch"
],
"named": {}
}
Environment (please complete the following information):
- OS and Version: N/A (FWIW I use macOS and various Linuxes)
- jq version: 1.7
Additional context
N/A