Query JSON from the Command Line with jq — hands-on lab

Query JSON from the Command Line with jq

medium 20 XP ~7 minHands-on lab

Most cloud CLIs and APIs answer in JSON. The file /srv/lab/data/services.json is a dump from the service catalog: an object with a services array, where each service has name, region, status and owner.team.

Task

Using jq, write to /home/student/down.txt the names of all services in region eu-west whose status is "down":

one name per line, sorted alphabetically
plain text — no quotes, no brackets, no extra lines

About this machine

Ubuntu 24.04 with no internet access. You are student with passwordless sudo. The grader checks the final state of the machine, not the commands you typed. Values like names and ports are generated for you.

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