A better pretty_json.rb

_README.mkd

Installation

1. Copy prissy to ~/bin (or elsewhere in your $PATH)
2. chmod +x prissy
3. gem install awesome_print multi_json

Usage

$ some_command_that_outputs_json | prissy

Example

prissy

#!/usr/bin/env ruby

begin
  require 'awesome_print'
  require 'multi_json'
rescue LoadError
  warn "prissy needs the `awesome_print` and `multi_json` gems available to do its job"
  puts STDIN.read
  raise
end

opts = {
  :indent    => 2,
  :index     => false,
  :sort_keys => true
}

begin
  ap MultiJson.decode(STDIN), opts
rescue
  warn "this doesn't look like JSON..."
  puts STDIN.read
end