How to grep a identical word in json file format

Question

Here is my command:
aws logs describe-metric-filters --log-group-name mahi | jq '.metricFilters[].metricTransformations' | grep "metricName"

output:
"metricName": "APIMetric",

"metricNamespace": "APINamespace",

From the above command i need only the metricName where it is grepping both the words which starts with metricName.

Dan Scally · Answer

Easiest way is to tell grep it needs to find the quotation marks too. You can avoid any escaping shenanigans by wrapping the search text in single quote marks:
aws logs describe-metric-filters --log-group-name mahi | jq '.metricFilters[].metricTransformations' | grep '"metricName"'

How to grep a identical word in json file format

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