$ json='[{"genre":"deep house"}, {"genre": "progressive house"}, {"genre": "dubstep"}]' $ echo "$json" | jq -c '.[] | select(.genre | contains("house"))' {"genre":"deep house"} {"genre":"progressive house"}
$ jq '.[] | select(.location=="Stockholm")' json { "location": "Stockholm", "name": "Walt" } { "location": "Stockholm", "name": "Donald" }