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Pretty print JSON on command line

#python #unix #json

Use python to pretty print JSON on command line using json std library module

python -m json.tool
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Example:

echo '{"foo": "bar", "baz": [1, 2, 3]}' | python -m json.tool
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Output:

{
    "foo": "bar",
    "baz": [
        1,
        2,
        3
    ]
}
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