Explain this command: jq -r ‘.tool_input.file_path’ | xargs npx prettier –write

jq -r ‘.tool_input.file_path’ — reads JSON from stdin, extracts the .tool_input.file_path string value, and outputs it raw (no quotes, -r)

xargs npx prettier –write — takes the piped file path as an argument and runs npx prettier –write , which formats that file in-place

Example: if stdin contains {“tool_input”: {“file_path”: “src/index.ts”}}, this runs npx prettier –write src/index.ts.

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1 Response to Explain this command: jq -r ‘.tool_input.file_path’ | xargs npx prettier –write

  1. j5423's avatar j5423 says:

    Git Bash terminal in VS Code — closest to Unix behavior; xargs works, but you’d still need jq installed separately (e.g. via winget install jqlang.jq or choco install jq)

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