Strings to json in bash

Question

I've got the following string as a output from for-loop:

something1/value1 something2/value2

Now I need to convert it to json. Expected output:

["something1/value1","something2/value2"]

I tried this:

echo $var | jq -R -s -c 'split("\n")[:-1]'

But the result is ugly

["something1/value1\rsomething2/value2"].

How do I properly make json from my string?

jeremy-denis · Accepted Answer · 2022-08-23 14:00:16Z

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with jq you just have to do

echo $var | jq -R -c 'split(" ")'

answered Aug 23, 2022 at 13:23

jeremy-denis

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almost perfect. But my result is ["something1/value1","something2/value2\n"]. What about \n at the end?

just remove the -s option ; i edit my reply in consequencies