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VIM allows execute external commands and replace neccessary line/block with the command output.

  • :. - current line
  • :% - full buffer
  • :1,10 - line range
  • :'<,'> - visually selected block

Format JSON with jq

:.!jq .

XML:

:%!xmllint --format -

Example, parse and sort terraform JSON output:

:%s,\\",",g
:%!jq '.[].environment = ( .[].environment | sort_by(.name) )'
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