JSON is human-readable but reading it in the terminal might be difficult. Learn to format JSON content in Linux terminal.

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The jq is a command-line JSON processor that allows users to modify JSON files in various ways. It requires to be installed first. If you're on a Debian-based distro, you can use this command: sudo apt install jq.

Pretty Print JSON in Linux Command Line

Method 1: Pretty print JSON files using the jq command

Method 2: Using json_pp to pretty print JSON files

Method 3: Using Python to pretty print JSON file

Method 4: Using the json_xs command to pretty print JSON file

<p>this os good, but there is an easier way.
in python there is a json utility, “import json” and use json.dumps(“json”, indent=4)
this will work like magic.</p>
