Unexpected output

[HaanJde]

Bug description

During developing a larger solution, unexpected output was generated.

Reproduction

Minimal test case:

echo '{"a":{"b":"g"}}{"a":{"c":"h"}}{"a":{"d":"i"}}{"e":{"f":"j"}}' | jq 'inputs'
{
  "a": {
    "c": "h"
  }
}
{
  "a": {
    "d": "i"
  }
}
{
  "e": {
    "f": "j"
  }
}

Expected behavior

The expected output was

{
  "a": {
    "b": "g"
  }
}
{
  "a": {
    "c": "h"
  }
}
{
  "a": {
    "d": "i"
  }
}
{
  "e": {
    "f": "j"
  }
}

Environment

• OS and Version: Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
• jq version: jq-1.7

[itchyny]

Invoke with -n option not to read the first value as query input; jq -n 'inputs'.