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How to deduplicate elements using jq

How to deduplicate elements using jq

How to deduplicate elements using jq

Input file

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some:
  awesome:
    members:
      - green
      - yellow
      - blue
      - red
      - green

Deduplication

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[arch:devopsinuse main()] yq -o=json eval  /tmp/deduplicate.yaml | jq '.some.awesome.members  | group_by(.) | map(select(length>1) | .[0])'

[
  "green"
]
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