Problem Statement

Create a file called   "output.txt",   and place in it the contents of the file   "input.txt",   via an intermediate variable. In other words, your program will demonstrate:

Oneliners that skip the intermediate variable are of secondary interest — operating systems have copy commands for that.

Let's start with the solution:

jq -M --raw-input --raw-output '. as $line | $line' input.txt > output.txt

jq -M '. as $line | $line' input.txt > output.txt