accessing elements of json in terminal - json

Question

I have a number of large json files that I need to be able to read quickly in the terminal. I am interested accessing attributes in the last element of each json, which, for example, might look like this:
},
"source": "Twitter for Android",
"text": "RT #kosaqsi_tweets: Ah ah..!!!",
"truncated": false,
"user": {
"contributors_enabled": false,
"created_at": "Tue May 06 04:48:07 +0000 2014",
"default_profile": true,
"default_profile_image": false,
"description": "",
"entities": {
"description": {
"urls": []
}
},
"favourites_count": 2147,
"follow_request_sent": false,
"followers_count": 72,
"following": false,
"friends_count": 207,
"geo_enabled": true,
"has_extended_profile": false,
"id": 2479274491,
"id_str": "2479274491",
"is_translation_enabled": false,
"is_translator": false,
"lang": "en",
"listed_count": 1,
"location": "Singapore",
"name": "karthikeyan vedalam",
"notifications": false,
"profile_background_color": "C0DEED",
"profile_background_image_url": "http://abs.twimg.com/images/themes/theme1/bg.png",
"profile_background_image_url_https": "https://abs.twimg.com/images/themes/theme1/bg.png",
"profile_background_tile": false,
"profile_banner_url": "https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_banners/2479274491/1453298552",
"profile_image_url": "http://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/748055063625605120/rByPUFsn_normal.jpg",
"profile_image_url_https": "https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/748055063625605120/rByPUFsn_normal.jpg",
"profile_link_color": "0084B4",
"profile_sidebar_border_color": "C0DEED",
"profile_sidebar_fill_color": "DDEEF6",
"profile_text_color": "333333",
"profile_use_background_image": true,
"protected": false,
"screen_name": "k84362172",
"statuses_count": 1521,
"time_zone": null,
"url": null,
"utc_offset": null,
"verified": false
}
}
]
What would be the proper command in terminal to access the last element of the json file and to see, for example, the value of attribute "geo_enabled" ?

Answer 1

The jq command may be your friend.
At a pinch:
jq .user.geo_enabled
It'll be a slightly longer path, given your JSON structure. Probably something like:
jq .[0].parent.user.geo_enabled
(Where 'parent' is whatever is 'above' your user key).