Add slurpfile example

nntrn · Feb 29, 2024 · b114d7d · b114d7d
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@@ -51,3 +51,58 @@ $ jq '.[] |= if .attr2 then (.attr2 = "bax") else . end'
 ```
 
 [[Source]](https://github.com/stedolan/jq/issues/873#issuecomment-125385615)
+
+
+## Slurpfiles
+
+```console
+$ jq --slurpfile cars data/cars.json '{titanic: .[0:2],cars:$cars[][0:2]}' data/titanic.json
+{
+  "titanic": [
+    {
+      "Survived": 0,
+      "Pclass": 3,
+      "Name": "Mr. Owen Harris Braund",
+      "Sex": "male",
+      "Age": 22,
+      "Siblings_Spouses_Aboard": 1,
+      "Parents_Children_Aboard": 0,
+      "Fare": 7.25
+    },
+    {
+      "Survived": 1,
+      "Pclass": 1,
+      "Name": "Mrs. John Bradley (Florence Briggs Thayer) Cumings",
+      "Sex": "female",
+      "Age": 38,
+      "Siblings_Spouses_Aboard": 1,
+      "Parents_Children_Aboard": 0,
+      "Fare": 71.2833
+    }
+  ],
+  "cars": [
+    {
+      "name": "AMC Ambassador Brougham",
+      "brand": "AMC",
+      "economy_mpg_": 13,
+      "cylinders": 8,
+      "displacement_cc_": 360,
+      "power_hp_": 175,
+      "weight_lb_": 3821,
+      "0_60_mph_s_": 11,
+      "year": 1973
+    },
+    {
+      "name": "AMC Ambassador DPL",
+      "brand": "AMC",
+      "economy_mpg_": 15,
+      "cylinders": 8,
+      "displacement_cc_": 390,
+      "power_hp_": 190,
+      "weight_lb_": 3850,
+      "0_60_mph_s_": 8.5,
+      "year": 1970
+    }
+  ]
+}
+```