How can I pretty-print a JSON file from the command line?

Question

I\'ve a file with a sequence of JSON element:

{ element0: \"lorem\", value0: \"ipsum\" }
{ element1: \"lorem\", value0: \"ipsum\" }
...
{ elementN: \"lorem\"         


        

Answer 1

Formatting json as a table from the command line

You can use jtab - a tool written in rust - to print any json data as a table.

For example:

➜ echo '{"foo": "bar"}' | jtab

+-----+
| foo |
+-----+
| bar |
+-----+

It also works with a json array:

➜  echo '[{"id": "1", "name": "Rust"}, {"id": "2", "name": "Jtab"}]' | jtab

+----+------+
| id | name |
+----+------+
| 1  | Rust |
+----+------+
| 2  | Jtab |
+----+------+