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Pretty Print JSON in Vim

https://pascalprecht.github.io/posts/pretty-print-json-in-vim/

Create a file name pretty_print_json.vim with the following content:

:%!python3 -m json.tool
:wq

If you only have Python 2 on your system, then remove the "3" after "python":

:%!python -m json.tool
:wq

WARNING: If you still use Python 2, check out the Python Clock.

To prettify ugly.json in place:

vim -s pretty_print_json.vim ugly.json

JSON content in ugly.json is now pretty.

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