Jlook

because your json deserves better

jlooks functions including linting and syntax highlighting in bash pipes

Usage

After installing jlook, it is really easy to use. Just call the executable trough a shell like

jlook

It will ask for a single-line input of valid JSON and, after confirming by pressing enter, try to print out a goodlooking and readable version of whatever you typed in. Also, so you don't have to copy it in every time, you can pipe a string into it like this in bash:

cat test.json | jlook

It will just print out the pretty result which you can pipe pipe into any utility you like. E.g tee to write output into a file like this:

cat test.json | jlook | tee pretty_test.json

Building

Jlook does not depend on any libraries beyond glibc. You will need the gnu c compiler gcc and the make build system. It is designed to be used on a unix-like-system which means that it will probably compile on something else but is not tested.

A build process would look like this:

git clone https://github.com/SyntaxError2505/jlook.git
cd jlook

# If you just want to build it:
make DEBUG=0 # Remove DEBUG if you wan't a debug build. Debug builds are slower and bigger.

# If DEBUG mode was on, remove debug exectutable before installation
make clean

# Installing it globally
sudo make install DEBUG=0 # Debug builds are not intended for installation. This is how to install a release build. Specify install directory by setting PREFIX:
sudo make install PREFIX=path/to/install/directory # Default is /usr/local/bin/

Uninstalling

We offer a uninstall target that you can use in the directory like this:

sudo make uninstall

it does the same as:

sudo rm -f $(which jlook)