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 jq
 ==
 
-jq is a command-line JSON processor.
+jq is a lightweight and flexible command-line JSON processor.
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 If you want to learn to use jq, read the documentation at
 [https://stedolan.github.io/jq](https://stedolan.github.io/jq).  This