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How to get brew list as JSON output

I am running brew list --versions to get this list:

    user@mac ~ [1]> brew list --versions
    fish 3.7.0
    ncurses 6.4
    pcre2 10.43
    syncthing 1.27.4
    appcleaner 3.6.8
    teamviewer 15.51.6

How can I put the output to a json object like this:

[
   {
      "name":"fish",
      "version":"3.7.0"
   },
   {
      "name":"ncurses",
      "version":"6.4"
   }
]
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  1. 0

    Pipe it to this JQ command:

    jq -Rn '[inputs/" " | {name: .[0], version: .[1]}]'

    Like this:

    $ brew list --versions | jq -Rn '[inputs/" " | {name: .[0], version: .[1]}]'
[
  {
    "name": "fish",
    "version": "3.7.0"
  },
  {
    "name": "ncurses",
    "version": "6.4"
  },
  {
    "name": "pcre2",
    "version": "10.43"
  },
  {
    "name": "syncthing",
    "version": "1.27.4"
  },
  {
    "name": "appcleaner",
    "version": "3.6.8"
  },
  {
    "name": "teamviewer",
    "version": "15.51.6"
  }
]
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  2. 0

    You can get directly json format with brew info:

    brew info --json --installed | jq 'map({name, version:.installed[0].version})'
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