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buchireddy/beautify_json_file.py

Created February 13, 2016 01:22
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Beautify a JSON file with python
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beautify_json_file.py
import simplejson as json
obj = None
with open('file.json') as f:
obj = json.load(f)
outfile = open('file.json', "w")
outfile.write(json.dumps(obj, indent=4, sort_keys=True))
outfile.close()
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@mathe999 This is an old script that I've written but I think there is an awesome jq (https://stedolan.github.io/jq/) that I would recommend now. Can you try that/

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