Reading a Json String on Linux/Unix Shell? Here's how I use jq

This prints out all the fields in your json string:

jq keys YourJsonString

This prints out the the field called "accession" of all your nodes:

jq '.files[].accession' YourJsonString

Usually, assuming the outputs follow a constant order, you can juxtapose the fields you need together to make a table by typing this:

paste -s <(jq '.files[].href' test) <(jq '.files[].accession' YourJsonString)