Yes. jq is essentially an XPath/XSLT for JSON. I'd say that jq is more powerful than XPath/XSLT, but that's neither here nor there since both can evolve to be

Yes. jq is essentially an XPath/XSLT for JSON. I'd say that jq is more powerful than XPath/XSLT, but that's neither here nor there since both can evolve to be as powerful as they need to be.