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Make JSON legible with BBEdit
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bbedit-pretty-json-readme.txt
2016/03/15
Tested with BBEdit 11.5 / OS X 10.11.3 / Python 2.7.10
http://grokin.gs/blog/elegant-json-pretty-print-for-bbedit/
Place the script (or a link to this script) in the ~/Library/Application Support/BBEdit/Text Filters directory
Restart BBEdit.
The new filter should be under: "Test > Apply Text Filter > bbedit-pretty-json"
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bbedit-pretty-json.sh
#!/bin/bash
python -c "import sys, json; print json.dumps(json.load(sys.stdin), indent=2)"
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If you have jq installed (which could be simply done via homebrew brew install jq), then the Format JSON filter could be as simple as

#!/bin/bash
jq .

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