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Created January 2, 2024 21:44
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Prettify JSON string in command line
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bash.sh
echo '{"a":"b"}' | jq -R -r '. as $line | try fromjson catch $line'
# Prints
# {
# "a": "b"
# }
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juampynr commented Jan 2, 2024

This is useful to format logs locally that use JSON. For example, in a Go application with zaplog logging you would do:

make run | jq -R -r '. as $line | try fromjson catch $line'

To format log entries containing JSON in a way that is human readable.

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