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:

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

columnify-json will output the following:

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

npm install -g columnify-json

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