Make a JSON object describing the job.
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-read -rd "\000" the_job <<EOF
+read -rd $'\000' the_job <<EOF
{
"script":"hash",
"script_version":"$the_version",
EOF
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-(The @read -rd "\000"@ stuff just helps us get a multi-line string with lots of double quotation marks into a shell variable.)
+(The @read -rd $'\000'@ part uses a bash feature to help us get a multi-line string with lots of double quotation marks into a shell variable.)
Submit the job.