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How to pretty-print JSON with jq
Someone handed you a one-line JSON blob and you need to actually read it.
Every filter was executed against the cheatsheet's sample config.json with jq 1.7 before publishing; the sample file sits at the bottom of the cheatsheet so you can reproduce every output.
jq '.' config.json
# input: {"name":"api-server","port":8080}
# output: {
# "name": "api-server",
# "port": 8080
# }