columnify-json

A simple, one-dependency JSON formatter that uses whitespace and key (re)ordering to tabulate entries in JSON collections.

Particularly useful for certain kinds of configuration files. Combine with other CLI tools such as jq and grep for maximum effect.

Example

With an input such as:

1[{"foo": {"b": 42}}, {"foo": null, "bar": {"a": 17}}]

columnify-json will output the following:

1[
2  {                     "foo": { "b": 42 } },
3  { "bar": { "a": 17 }, "foo": null        }
4]

Install

1npm install -g columnify-json

Usage

1columnify-json /path/to/file.json       // reads from file
2echo '{"foo": "bar"}' | columnify-json  // reads from stdin