How to query a particular field of brew cask/ formula info?
Solution 1:
https://docs.brew.sh/Manpage#cask-command-options-cask
brew cask info github
should work.
--desc
is not listed as a valid option for cask
.
To specifically check a field in the JSON file /api/cask/github.json (JSON API)
, use the info
command with --json
flag and use jq
to get the values of a particular field.
While you may find a better way to do it by reading the manual, here's what will work, at least.
brew info --json=v1 github | jq "map(.|.desc)"
- https://stedolan.github.io/jq/manual/#Basicfilters
- https://docs.brew.sh/Querying-Brew#brew-info---json