JSON Lines Formatter

Simple tool to format JSON Lines files into pretty printed ones.

Usage

# via Python
python -m jsonl_formatter file_1 [... file_N]

# via Docker
docker run -v $PWD:/mnt/pwd seznam/jsonl-formatter file_1 [... file_N]

# via hash-bang
./jsonl_formatter.py file_1 [... file_N]

Input

{"id": 1, "father": "Mark", "mother": "Charlotte", "children": ["Tom"]}
{"id": 2, "father": "John", "mother": "Ann", "children": ["Jessika", "Antony", "Jack"]}
{"id": 3, "father": "Bob", "mother": "Monika", "children": ["Jerry", "Karol"]}

Output

{"id": 1, "father": "Mark", "mother": "Charlotte", "children": ["Tom"]}
{"id": 2, "father": "John", "mother": "Ann",       "children": ["Jessika", "Antony", "Jack"]}
{"id": 3, "father": "Bob",  "mother": "Monika",    "children": ["Jerry",   "Karol"]}

Installation (optional)

Copy jsonl_formatter.py into $PYTHONPATH,
or make Docker make docker and create an alias for Docker alias jsonl-formatter='docker run -v $PWD:/mnt/pwd seznam/jsonl-formatter',
or create a symlink into $PATH, f.e. sudo ln -s $PWD/jsonl_formatter.py /usr/local/bin/jsonl-formatter.

Contribution notes

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