One jq command to get expected output - json

Question

I want to format below json code and print only specific values.
I tried using below command and got the below json output. But when I further try to parse the code for end result it didn't worked as expected.
So, a little help can make things work for me.
Command that results in below JSON code output:
mgmt_cli -r true -d 192.168.86.201 show access-rulebase name Network --format json | jq --raw-output ' .rulebase[].rulebase[] | {name: .name, rule_number: ."rule-number"}'
JSON Code:
{
"name": "MgmtRule",
"rule_number": 1
}
{
"name": null,
"rule_number": 2
}
{
"name": null,
"rule_number": 3
}
{
"name": "Inside Rules",
"rule_number": 4
}
{
"name": null,
"rule_number": 5
}
{
"name": null,
"rule_number": 6
}
{
"name": null,
"rule_number": 7
}
{
"name": null,
"rule_number": 8
}
{
"name": null,
"rule_number": 9
}
{
"name": "Cleanup rule",
"rule_number": 10
}
Further formatting jq command that I added to the above command to get the end result:
jq --slurp '"\(.[0])-\(.[length -1])"'
Unexpected Output:
"{\"name\":\"MgmtRule\",\"rule_number\":1}-{\"name\":\"Cleanup rule\",\"rule_number\":10}"
Expected Output:
MgmtRule (1-3)
Inside Rules (4-9)
Cleanup rule (10)
Raw output:
Short form of original raw output:
{
"uid" : "38271c2f-ab44-4e25-9aa4-e219cb6e12cf",
"name" : "Network",
"rulebase" : [ {
"uid" : "38acf747-85ee-4962-a3e7-d3cd678c388f",
"name" : "Internal Rules",
"type" : "access-section",
"from" : 1,
"to" : 3,
"rulebase" : [ {
"uid" : "bdd9d868-51b2-4210-8c37-f0237cd560fa",
"name" : "Test",
"type" : "access-rule",
"domain" : {
"uid" : "41e821a0-3720-11e3-aa6e-0800200c9fde",
"name" : "SMC User",
"domain-type" : "domain"
},
"rule-number" : 1,
"track" : {
"type" : "598ead32-aa42-4615-90ed-f51a5928d41d",
"per-session" : false,
"per-connection" : true,
"accounting" : false,
"enable-firewall-session" : false,
"alert" : "none"
},
"source" : [ "6ddb84da-ef72-45c8-b2c4-bb3a849a6aa9" ],
"source-negate" : false,
"destination" : [ "375f4a15-1a7d-0b48-8ffc-2e9eb4e512ae" ],
"destination-negate" : false,
"service" : [ "97aeb443-9aea-11d5-bd16-0090272ccb30", "18ec9eaa-1657-4240-ab97-5f234623336b" ],
"service-negate" : false,
"service-resource" : "",
"vpn" : [ "97aeb369-9aea-11d5-bd16-0090272ccb30" ],
"action" : "6c488338-8eec-4103-ad21-cd461ac2c472",
"action-settings" : {
"enable-identity-captive-portal" : false
},
"content" : [ "97aeb369-9aea-11d5-bd16-0090272ccb30" ],
"content-negate" : false,
"content-direction" : "any",
"time" : [ "97aeb369-9aea-11d5-bd16-0090272ccb30" ],
"custom-fields" : {
"field-1" : "",
"field-2" : "",
"field-3" : ""
},
"meta-info" : {
"lock" : "unlocked",
"validation-state" : "ok",
"last-modify-time" : {
"posix" : 1674486777583,
"iso-8601" : "2023-01-23T20:42+0530"
},
"last-modifier" : "admin",
"creation-time" : {
"posix" : 1674486722309,
"iso-8601" : "2023-01-23T20:42+0530"
},
"creator" : "admin"
},
"comments" : "",
"enabled" : true,
"install-on" : [ "6c488338-8eec-4103-ad21-cd461ac2c476" ],
"available-actions" : {
"edit" : "true",
"delete" : "true",
"clone" : "not_supported"
}
}, {
"uid" : "bb93b38a-c672-49ec-afb0-8a90e8518437",
"type" : "access-rule",
"domain" : {
"uid" : "41e821a0-3720-11e3-aa6e-0800200c9fde",
"name" : "SMC User",
"domain-type" : "domain"
},
"rule-number" : 2,
"track" : {
"type" : "598ead32-aa42-4615-90ed-f51a5928d41d",
"per-session" : false,
"per-connection" : true,
"accounting" : false,
"enable-firewall-session" : false,
"alert" : "none"
},
"source" : [ "6ddb84da-ef72-45c8-b2c4-bb3a849a6aa9" ],
"source-negate" : false,
"destination" : [ "8dbb91f3-786b-4d11-a029-45ee5b7d59cf" ],
"destination-negate" : false,
"service" : [ "97aeb369-9aea-11d5-bd16-0090272ccb30" ],
"service-negate" : false,
"service-resource" : "",
"vpn" : [ "97aeb369-9aea-11d5-bd16-0090272ccb30" ],
"action" : "6c488338-8eec-4103-ad21-cd461ac2c472",
"action-settings" : {
"enable-identity-captive-portal" : false
},
"content" : [ "97aeb369-9aea-11d5-bd16-0090272ccb30" ],
"content-negate" : false,
"content-direction" : "any",
"time" : [ "97aeb369-9aea-11d5-bd16-0090272ccb30" ],
"custom-fields" : {
"field-1" : "",
"field-2" : "",
"field-3" : ""
},
"meta-info" : {
"lock" : "unlocked",
"validation-state" : "ok",
"last-modify-time" : {
"posix" : 1674488952100,
"iso-8601" : "2023-01-23T21:19+0530"
},
"last-modifier" : "admin",
"creation-time" : {
"posix" : 1674488917458,
"iso-8601" : "2023-01-23T21:18+0530"
},
"creator" : "admin"
},
"comments" : "",
"enabled" : true,
"install-on" : [ "6c488338-8eec-4103-ad21-cd461ac2c476" ],
"available-actions" : {
"edit" : "true",
"delete" : "true",
"clone" : "not_supported"
}
}, {
"uid" : "925f210e-ce4f-4139-870e-3cd53f46d832",
"type" : "access-rule",
"domain" : {
"uid" : "41e821a0-3720-11e3-aa6e-0800200c9fde",
"name" : "SMC User",
"domain-type" : "domain"
},
"rule-number" : 3,
"track" : {
"type" : "598ead32-aa42-4615-90ed-f51a5928d41d",
"per-session" : false,
"per-connection" : true,
"accounting" : false,
"enable-firewall-session" : false,
"alert" : "none"
},
"source" : [ "6ddb84da-ef72-45c8-b2c4-bb3a849a6aa9" ],
"source-negate" : false,
"destination" : [ "97aeb369-9aea-11d5-bd16-0090272ccb30" ],
"destination-negate" : false,
"service" : [ "97aeb369-9aea-11d5-bd16-0090272ccb30" ],
"service-negate" : false,
"service-resource" : "",
"vpn" : [ "97aeb369-9aea-11d5-bd16-0090272ccb30" ],
"action" : "6c488338-8eec-4103-ad21-cd461ac2c473",
"action-settings" : { },
"content" : [ "97aeb369-9aea-11d5-bd16-0090272ccb30" ],
"content-negate" : false,
"content-direction" : "any",
"time" : [ "97aeb369-9aea-11d5-bd16-0090272ccb30" ],
"custom-fields" : {
"field-1" : "",
"field-2" : "",
"field-3" : ""
},
"meta-info" : {
"lock" : "unlocked",
"validation-state" : "ok",
"last-modify-time" : {
"posix" : 1674490197006,
"iso-8601" : "2023-01-23T21:39+0530"
},
"last-modifier" : "admin",
"creation-time" : {
"posix" : 1674490169763,
"iso-8601" : "2023-01-23T21:39+0530"
},
"creator" : "admin"
},
"comments" : "",
"enabled" : true,
"install-on" : [ "6c488338-8eec-4103-ad21-cd461ac2c476" ],
"available-actions" : {
"edit" : "true",
"delete" : "true",
"clone" : "not_supported"
}
} ]
}, {
"uid" : "da0fdbf6-360b-44a4-94a8-b01894d3b5a0",
"name" : "cleanup rule",
"type" : "access-section",
"from" : 4,
"to" : 4,
"rulebase" : [ {
"uid" : "2b922948-da96-4c9d-a654-063e0183f9ae",
"name" : "Cleanup rule",
"type" : "access-rule",
"domain" : {
"uid" : "41e821a0-3720-11e3-aa6e-0800200c9fde",
"name" : "SMC User",
"domain-type" : "domain"
},
"rule-number" : 4,
"track" : {
"type" : "598ead32-aa42-4615-90ed-f51a5928d41d",
"per-session" : false,
"per-connection" : true,
"accounting" : false,
"enable-firewall-session" : false,
"alert" : "none"
},
"source" : [ "97aeb369-9aea-11d5-bd16-0090272ccb30" ],
"source-negate" : false,
"destination" : [ "97aeb369-9aea-11d5-bd16-0090272ccb30" ],
"destination-negate" : false,
"service" : [ "97aeb369-9aea-11d5-bd16-0090272ccb30" ],
"service-negate" : false,
"service-resource" : "",
"vpn" : [ "97aeb369-9aea-11d5-bd16-0090272ccb30" ],
"action" : "6c488338-8eec-4103-ad21-cd461ac2c473",
"action-settings" : { },
"content" : [ "97aeb369-9aea-11d5-bd16-0090272ccb30" ],
"content-negate" : false,
"content-direction" : "any",
"time" : [ "97aeb369-9aea-11d5-bd16-0090272ccb30" ],
"custom-fields" : {
"field-1" : "",
"field-2" : "",
"field-3" : ""
},
"meta-info" : {
"lock" : "unlocked",
"validation-state" : "ok",
"last-modify-time" : {
"posix" : 1674486751969,
"iso-8601" : "2023-01-23T20:42+0530"
},
"last-modifier" : "admin",
"creation-time" : {
"posix" : 1668629634218,
"iso-8601" : "2022-11-17T01:43+0530"
},
"creator" : "System"
},
"comments" : "",
"enabled" : true,
"install-on" : [ "6c488338-8eec-4103-ad21-cd461ac2c476" ],
"available-actions" : {
"edit" : "true",
"delete" : "true",
"clone" : "not_supported"
}
} ]
} ],
"objects-dictionary" : [ {
"uid" : "6c488338-8eec-4103-ad21-cd461ac2c472",
"name" : "Accept",
"type" : "RulebaseAction",
"domain" : {
"uid" : "a0bbbc99-adef-4ef8-bb6d-defdefdefdef",
"name" : "Check Point Data",
"domain-type" : "data domain"
},
"icon" : "Actions/actionsAccept",
"color" : "none"
}, {
"uid" : "8dbb91f3-786b-4d11-a029-45ee5b7d59cf",
"name" : "All_Internet",
"type" : "address-range",
"domain" : {
"uid" : "41e821a0-3720-11e3-aa6e-0800200c9fde",
"name" : "SMC User",
"domain-type" : "domain"
},
"ipv4-address-first" : "0.0.0.0",
"ipv4-address-last" : "255.255.255.255",
"icon" : "Objects/ip",
"color" : "sienna"
}, {
"uid" : "97aeb369-9aea-11d5-bd16-0090272ccb30",
"name" : "Any",
"type" : "CpmiAnyObject",
"domain" : {
"uid" : "a0bbbc99-adef-4ef8-bb6d-defdefdefdef",
"name" : "Check Point Data",
"domain-type" : "data domain"
},
"icon" : "General/globalsAny",
"color" : "black"
}, {
"uid" : "6c488338-8eec-4103-ad21-cd461ac2c473",
"name" : "Drop",
"type" : "RulebaseAction",
"domain" : {
"uid" : "a0bbbc99-adef-4ef8-bb6d-defdefdefdef",
"name" : "Check Point Data",
"domain-type" : "data domain"
},
"icon" : "Actions/actionsDrop",
"color" : "none"
}, {
"uid" : "375f4a15-1a7d-0b48-8ffc-2e9eb4e512ae",
"name" : "dummy",
"type" : "simple-gateway",
"domain" : {
"uid" : "41e821a0-3720-11e3-aa6e-0800200c9fde",
"name" : "SMC User",
"domain-type" : "domain"
},
"icon" : "NetworkObjects/management",
"color" : "black"
}, {
"uid" : "6ddb84da-ef72-45c8-b2c4-bb3a849a6aa9",
"name" : "H_192.168.86.111",
"type" : "host",
"domain" : {
"uid" : "41e821a0-3720-11e3-aa6e-0800200c9fde",
"name" : "SMC User",
"domain-type" : "domain"
},
"ipv4-address" : "192.168.86.111",
"icon" : "Objects/host",
"color" : "black"
}, {
"uid" : "97aeb443-9aea-11d5-bd16-0090272ccb30",
"name" : "https",
"type" : "service-tcp",
"domain" : {
"uid" : "a0bbbc99-adef-4ef8-bb6d-defdefdefdef",
"name" : "Check Point Data",
"domain-type" : "data domain"
},
"port" : "443",
"icon" : "Protocols/HTTP",
"color" : "red"
}, {
"uid" : "598ead32-aa42-4615-90ed-f51a5928d41d",
"name" : "Log",
"type" : "Track",
"domain" : {
"uid" : "a0bbbc99-adef-4ef8-bb6d-defdefdefdef",
"name" : "Check Point Data",
"domain-type" : "data domain"
},
"icon" : "Track/tracksLog",
"color" : "none"
}, {
"uid" : "6c488338-8eec-4103-ad21-cd461ac2c476",
"name" : "Policy Targets",
"type" : "Global",
"domain" : {
"uid" : "a0bbbc99-adef-4ef8-bb6d-defdefdefdef",
"name" : "Check Point Data",
"domain-type" : "data domain"
},
"icon" : "General/globalsAny",
"color" : "none"
}, {
"uid" : "18ec9eaa-1657-4240-ab97-5f234623336b",
"name" : "ssh",
"type" : "service-tcp",
"domain" : {
"uid" : "a0bbbc99-adef-4ef8-bb6d-defdefdefdef",
"name" : "Check Point Data",
"domain-type" : "data domain"
},
"port" : "22",
"icon" : "Services/TCPService",
"color" : "red"
} ],
"from" : 1,
"to" : 4,
"total" : 4
}
Elements that I'm trying to fetch and get the end result from above raw output:
"name" & "rule-number"
Expected Output from above raw data:
Internal Rules (1-3)
cleanup rule (4)

Answer 1

By transforming the unprocessed, raw output generated by mgmt_cli, the solution becomes almost trivial since the JSON already contains the "to" and "from" properties.
Input (shortened to the relevant bits):
{
"uid": "38271c2f-ab44-4e25-9aa4-e219cb6e12cf",
"name": "Network",
"rulebase": [
{
"uid": "38acf747-85ee-4962-a3e7-d3cd678c388f",
"name": "Internal Rules",
"type": "access-section",
"from": 1,
"to": 3
},
{
"uid": "da0fdbf6-360b-44a4-94a8-b01894d3b5a0",
"name": "cleanup rule",
"type": "access-section",
"from": 4,
"to": 4
}
],
"from": 1,
"to": 4,
"total": 4
}
Jq transformation:
... | jq -r '.rulebase[]
| if .from == .to then "\(.name) (\(.from))"
else "\(.name) (\(.from)-\(.to))"
end'
Output:
Internal Rules (1-3)
cleanup rule (4)
Or perhaps (but I find the if/then more straightforward):
.rulebase[]
| (select(.from == .to) | "\(.name) (\(.from)-\(.to))")
// "\(.name) (\(.from)"