# Kubectl tips and tricks

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**Created:** [May 11, 2018, 9:58pm UTC](https://discuss.kubernetes.io/t/kubectl-tips-and-tricks/192 "2018-05-11T21:58:45Z")\
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I find jmespath syntax a lot easier than json path or even jq. Eliminates a lot of quotes and braces etc. It’s also used by aws cli `--query`.

Try jp (often expression doesn’t even need quoting, not at my terminal can’t test the following):

`kubectl get pods -o=json | jp items[].[metadata.name, metadata.namespace]`

You likely have to install jp. See [https://jmespath.org/](https://jmespath.org/) for details.

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