jsonfmt

A command line program for pretty-printing or minimizing json files.

Usage examples

Prettify and overwrite an existing file: jsonfmt some_file.json

Read json from stdin, prettify it and print to stdout: cat in_file.json | jsonfmt

Read json from stdin, minimize it and write it to a new file: cat in_file.json | jsonfmt -m -o out_file.json

Changelog

0.4.0

• Reduced peak memory usage when writing the output to a file.

0.3.0

• BUGFIX: Preserve order of object properties.
• BUGFIX: Preserve original number precision.
• Feature: -m --minimize.
• Feature: -o for writing to a new file.
• Feature: Reading from stdin.
• Feature: Writing to stdout.

0.2.0

• Traded some memory usage for more speed.

0.1.1

• Added a readme.

0.1.0

• A first tiny experiment, but working.