Read file list from file

[TWiStErRob]

Describe the feature
I would like to be able to say jq -s ".[].field" -F files.txt

Expected behavior
Reads the contents of files.txt and loads them as json files. The same as adding all those files as arguments in place of -F files.txt.

Ideally combinable with normal file arguments:
jq -s ".[].field" foo.json bar.json -F files.txt some_*_other.json

Additional context
Similar to this but without the file '...' fluff.

[wader]

Hi, if a shell is available i think you can do something like jq -s ... $(cat files.txt) or cat $(cat files.txt) | jq -s ....

Maybe related PR #1843 (but seems it has stagnated)

[TWiStErRob]

No wonder, that PR does way too many things...

I'm on Windows, so cat is a no-go (type exists, but subshells don't as far as I know).

I guess type file | xargs jq -s "..." would also work the same. If xargs was available on Windows.

The point of the feature request is that we're not dependent on any shell functionality and quirks and weird syntaxes.

[pkoppstein]

@TWiStErRob - As you may have noticed, development of jq has been in a dormant state for quite some time. You might like to try your luck with some of the jq "clones" or look-alikes -- particularly gojq, but also jaq or jackson-jq.

Are there any others?

In the meantime, have you considered WSL?

[TWiStErRob]

Yep, WSL works: https://stackoverflow.com/a/74449427/253468