Comparing two JSON files

compare_json.py

#!/usr/bin/python

import sys,json,hashlib

try:
  with open(sys.argv[1], 'r') as content_file_orig:
    content_original = content_file_orig.read()
  json_orig = json.loads(content_original)
except Exception, e:
  print "Error loading JSON file {0}! Please check it's validity.".format(sys.argv[1])
  sys.exit(1)

try:
  with open(sys.argv[2], 'r') as content_file_new:
    content_new = content_file_new.read()
  json_new = json.loads(content_new)
except Exception, e:
  print "Error loading JSON file {0}! Please check it's validity.".format(sys.argv[1])
  sys.exit(1)

hash_orig = hashlib.sha1(json.dumps(json_orig, sort_keys=True)).hexdigest()
hash_new = hashlib.sha1(json.dumps(json_new, sort_keys=True)).hexdigest()
same_values = 'YES' if (hash_orig == hash_new) else 'NO'

print "\n{:#^80}".format(" JSON File Comparison ")
print "File #1: {0}\nFile #2: {1}".format(sys.argv[1], sys.argv[2])
print "Files have the same elements?: {0}".format(same_values)
print "{:-^80}".format("")
print "SHA1 hash of sorted original JSON:   {0}".format( hash_orig )
print "SHA1 hash of sorted new JSON:        {0}\n".format( hash_new )