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If using a command-line tool (such as <code>curl</code>), you may wish to format the output of the JSON document using a "pretty printing" feature of some kind. This will make it more readable by humans and also allow it to be more easily filtered using tools such as <code>grep</code>. | If using a command-line tool (such as <code>curl</code>), you may wish to format the output of the JSON document using a "pretty printing" feature of some kind. This will make it more readable by humans and also allow it to be more easily filtered using tools such as <code>grep</code>. Here are some of the more commonly used curl options (from the curl man page): | ||
<pre> | |||
$ man curl | |||
... | |||
-s, --silent | |||
-i, --include | |||
-v, --verbose | |||
-d, --data <data> | |||
-G, --get | |||
... | |||
</pre> | |||
Two common tools available on Unix/Linux are python's json.tool or the json_pp command-line Perl script (JSON::PP). These tools can receive input from a pipe in the normal Unix fashion to chain multiple commands together. | Two common tools available on Unix/Linux are python's json.tool or the json_pp command-line Perl script (JSON::PP). These tools can receive input from a pipe in the normal Unix fashion to chain multiple commands together. | ||