I used jq as well, though instead of doing a seperate echo I did this: ([{name: "name", creditcard: "creditcard"}] + .)[] instead of .[] Another less hac

I used jq as well, though instead of doing a seperate echo I did this: ([{name: "name", creditcard: "creditcard"}] + .)[] instead of .[] Another less hacky way would be: [["name", "creditcard"]] + map(select(.creditcard) | [.name, .creditcard]) | .[] | @csv