summaryrefslogtreecommitdiffstats
path: root/docs/content/index/index.yml
diff options
context:
space:
mode:
Diffstat (limited to 'docs/content/index/index.yml')
-rw-r--r--docs/content/index/index.yml19
1 files changed, 17 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/docs/content/index/index.yml b/docs/content/index/index.yml
index f0e7196e..03331f0a 100644
--- a/docs/content/index/index.yml
+++ b/docs/content/index/index.yml
@@ -2,11 +2,26 @@ headline: jq
blurb: |
- jq is a command-line JSON processor.
+ jq is a lightweight and flexible command-line JSON processor.
-body: |
+body1: |
+ 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.
+body2: |
+
+ jq is written in portable C, and it has zero runtime
+ dependencies. You can download a single binary, `scp` it to a far away
+ machine, and expect it to work.
+
+body3: |
+
+ jq can mangle the data format that you have into the one that you
+ want with very little effort, and the program to do so is often
+ shorter and simpler than you'd expect.
+tail: |
Go read the [tutorial](/tutorial) for more, or the [manual](/manual)
for *way* more. \ No newline at end of file