Looking for a CLI tool that can format a json file.

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  • jq

    Discontinued Command-line JSON processor [Moved to: https://github.com/jqlang/jq] (by stedolan)

  • If you wanted the unofficial standard when it comes to the cli, jq is the one.

  • jello

    CLI tool to filter JSON and JSON Lines data with Python syntax. (Similar to jq)

  • Others (some offer more than just formatting): jello

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  • jo

    JSON output from a shell

  • jo

  • gron

    Make JSON greppable!

  • gron

  • catj

    Displays JSON files in a flat format.

  • catj

  • jc

    CLI tool and python library that converts the output of popular command-line tools, file-types, and common strings to JSON, YAML, or Dictionaries. This allows piping of output to tools like jq and simplifying automation scripts.

  • jc

  • jsonlint

    Lightweight command-line tool for validating JSON (by p-ranav)

  • jsonlint

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