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:%!python -m json.tool

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# How to figure out the length of a strign in bash?
#expr length
expr length "string" #This works on Ubuntu, but not on Mac

#wc -c
echo -n "string" | wc -c # -n not to output trailing newline in echo

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def unicode_to_ascii(data):
    """"Convert all unicode string into ascii string"""
    if isinstance(data, basestring):
        return str(data)
    elif isinstance(data, collections.Mapping):
        return dict(map(unicode_to_ascii, data.iteritems()))
    elif isinstance(data, collections.Iterable):
        return type(data)(map(unicode_to_ascii, data))
    else:
        return data

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Testing gist.