Jq: Pass multiple arguments into jq statement

[rclod]

Would like to be able to pass multiple arguments into a jq statement like so:

jq --arg ARG1 ${var1} ARG2 ${var2} '.$ARG1[$ARG2 | tonumber].width'

[pkoppstein]

@rclod - You can pass in as many named arguments as you like by repeating the "--arg NAME VALUE" pattern.

[rclod]

thanks! I had tried that earlier, but had forgotten to put quotes around my variable call.

This ended up working as expected:

jq --arg ARG1 ${var1} --arg ARG2 ${var2} '."$ARG1"[$ARG2 | tonumber].width'

[pkoppstein]

@rclod - Because of variations between different versions of jq, it's sometimes simpler just to use the form .[s] instead of .s. Or in your case: .[$ARG1][$ARG2]

[rclod]

You're right, the quotes didn't end up working, but the brackets did.

jq --arg ARG1 ${var1} --arg ARG2 ${var2} '.[$ARG1][$ARG2 | tonumber].width'