title: parse error: Invalid numeric literal at line 2, column 0
body: <p>i am trying to read for a big json data structure and I get the message: </p>
  
  <blockquote>
    <p>parse error: Invalid numeric literal at line 2, column 0</p>
  </blockquote>
  
  <p>The command that I'm using is the next one: </p>
  
  <pre><code>n_rules=$(echo rulebase_list | jq '.total')
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>and the file has in the first hierarchy level a variable which is </p>
  
  <pre><code>"total" : 126
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Do you know why im experiencing problems with that?
  I suppose that the problem is that 126 is a numeric value but what can I do?</p>