Sort JSON to make it easier to diff two JSON blobs by normalizing whitespace, alphabetization of dictionaries.

normalize-json.sh

# Install:
npm install -g sort-json

# Put this in your ~/.profile, and then:
# cat something.json | normalize_json
alias normalize_json="node -e 'var s = \"\"; process.stdin.on(\"data\", function (d) { s += d.toString(); }); process.stdin.resume(); process.on(\"exit\", function() { console.log(JSON.stringify(require(\"sort-json\")(JSON.parse(s)), null, 2)); });'"