$ fq -i -n '"[]" | json' json> (.) | ., tovalue, toactual, tosym, type, length? [] [] [] null "array" 0 json> (.)[0] | ., type, length? null "null" 0 json> (.)[-1000] | ., type, length? null "null" 0 json> (.)[1000] | ., type, length? null "null" 0 json> (.)[1:3] | ., type, length? [] "array" 0 json> (.)[0:-1] | ., type, length? [] "array" 0 json> (.)[-1000:2000] | ., type, length? [] "array" 0 json> (.)["test"] | ., type, length? error: expected an object but got: array json> [(.)[]] | type, length? "array" 0 json> (.) | keys [] json> (.) | has("a") error: cannot check whether array has a key: a json> (.) | has(0) false json> (.) | type "array" json> (.) | tonumber error: tonumber cannot be applied to: array json> (.) | tostring "[]" json> (.) + "" error: cannot add: array ([]) and string ("") json> (.) + 1 error: cannot add: array ([]) and number (1) json> (.)._start | ., type, length? 0 "number" 0 json> (.)._stop | ., type, length? 16 "number" 16 json> (.)._len | ., type, length? 16 "number" 16 json> (.)._name | ., type, length? "" "string" 0 json> (.)._actual | ., type, length? [] "array" 0 json> (.)._sym | ., type, length? null "null" 0 json> (.)._description | ., type, length? null "null" 0 json> (.)._path | ., type, length? [] "array" 0 json> (.)._bits | ., type, length? |00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 0a 0b 0c 0d 0e 0f|0123456789abcdef| 0x0|5b 5d| |[]| |.: raw bits 0x0-0x1.7 (2) "string" 16 json> (.)._bytes | ., type, length? |00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 0a 0b 0c 0d 0e 0f|0123456789abcdef| 0x0|5b 5d| |[]| |.: raw bits 0x0-0x1.7 (2) "string" 2 json> (.)._error | ., type, length? null "null" 0 json> (.)._unknown | ., type, length? false "boolean" json> (.).a = 1 error: expected an object but got: array json> (.)[0] = 1 [ 1 ] json> (.).a |= empty error: expected an object but got: array json> (.)[0] |= empty [] json> (.) | setpath(["a"]; 1) error: expected an object but got: array ([]) json> (.) | setpath([0]; 1) [ 1 ] json> (.) | delpaths([["a"]]) error: expected an object but got: array ([]) json> (.) | delpaths([[0]]) [] json> ^D