Jq: @base64d fails

[srfrnk]

When running the following:

echo '"blah"' | jq '@base64' | jq '@base64d'

I get:

jq: error (at <stdin>:1): base64d is not a valid format

This should always work right? Am I missing something?

jq --version is jq-1.5-1-a5b5cbe

OS:

Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description:    Ubuntu 16.04.2 LTS
Release:        16.04
Codename:       xenial

[wtlangford]

@base64d was only added recently (post 1.5). Until we release a new version, you'll have to build master to get @base64d

[eaviles]

Is 1.6 going to be released soon?

[Sylvain303]

Still not on recent distribution

$ lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description:    Ubuntu 18.04.2 LTS
Release:    18.04
Codename:   bionic

jq version

$ jq --version
jq-1.5-1-a5b5cbe

$ echo '"blah"' | jq '@base64' | jq '@base64d'
jq: error (at <stdin>:1): base64d is not a valid format

It would be nice to tag the documentation that it starts at some version:

https://stedolan.github.io/jq/manual/#Formatstringsandescaping

[pkoppstein]

It would be nice to tag the documentation that it starts at some version:

Sure, but in the meantime, please note that at the top of the page you reference, it does say "jq Manual (development version)", and also gives pointers to the various different releases.