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<h2><span class="refentrytitle">json-glib-format</span></h2>
<p>json-glib-format — JSON-GLib formatting tool</p>
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<h2>Synopsis</h2>
<div class="cmdsynopsis"><p><code class="command">json-glib-format</code> [<code class="option">-h</code>, <code class="option">--help</code>] [<code class="option">--prettify</code>] [<code class="option">--indent-spaces</code> <em class="replaceable"><code>SPACES</code></em>] URI [
URI...
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<a name="id-1.6.2.2.5"></a><h2>Description</h2>
<p><span class="command"><strong>json-glib-format</strong></span> offers a simple command line
interface to format JSON data. It reads a list or URIs, applies the
spacified formatting rules on the JSON data, and outputs the formatted
JSON to the standard output.</p>
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The resources to operate on are specified by the <em class="replaceable"><code>URI</code></em>
argument.
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<a name="id-1.6.2.2.6"></a><h2>Commands</h2>
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<td><p><span class="term"><code class="option">-h</code>, <code class="option">--help</code></span></p></td>
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Prints help and exits.
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<td><p><span class="term"><code class="option">-p</code>, <code class="option">--prettify</code></span></p></td>
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Prettifies the output, by adding spaces and indentation. This argument is
useful to improve the readability of JSON data, at the expense of its size.
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<td><p><span class="term"><code class="option">--indent-spaces</code> <em class="replaceable"><code>SPACES</code></em></span></p></td>
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Changes the number of spaces using to indent the JSON data from the default of 2.
This argument is only considered if <code class="option">--prettify</code> is used.
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