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Make JSON legible with BBEdit
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"
#!/bin/bash
python -c "import sys, json; print json.dumps(json.load(sys.stdin), indent=2)"
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I concur with @michaldobisek in that jq is a much more elegant way to go, especially since python is no longer installed on macOS with the developer tools.

I've updated the gist I maintain with this approach: https://gist.github.com/levigroker/3777091

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