jq

From https://stedolan.github.io/jq/:

jq is like sed for JSON data - you can use it to slice and filter and map and transform structured data with the same ease that sed, awk, grep and friends let you play with text.

Usage

We configure Zeek and Suricata to write logs to /nsm/ in JSON format. If you want to parse those logs from the command line, then you can use jq. Here’s a basic example:

jq '.' /nsm/zeek/logs/current/conn.log

This command will parse all of the records in /nsm/zeek/logs/current/conn.log. For each of the records, it will then output every field and its value.

More Information

Note

For more information about jq, please see https://stedolan.github.io/jq/.