cpython/Lib/json/tool.py
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  r62734 | brett.cannon | 2008-05-05 22:21:38 +0200 (Mon, 05 May 2008) | 5 lines

  Add the 'json' package. Code taken from simplejson 1.9 and contributed by Bob
  Ippolito.

  Closes issue #2750.
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  r62736 | georg.brandl | 2008-05-05 22:53:39 +0200 (Mon, 05 May 2008) | 2 lines

  Fix JSON module docs.
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  r62748 | benjamin.peterson | 2008-05-06 04:51:10 +0200 (Tue, 06 May 2008) | 2 lines

  PEP 8 nits in json package
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  r62769 | christian.heimes | 2008-05-06 18:18:41 +0200 (Tue, 06 May 2008) | 2 lines

  Intern static string
  Use float constructors instead of magic code for float constants
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2008-05-08 14:29:10 +00:00

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r"""Command-line tool to validate and pretty-print JSON
Usage::
$ echo '{"json":"obj"}' | python -mjson.tool
{
"json": "obj"
}
$ echo '{ 1.2:3.4}' | python -mjson.tool
Expecting property name: line 1 column 2 (char 2)
"""
import sys
import json
def main():
if len(sys.argv) == 1:
infile = sys.stdin
outfile = sys.stdout
elif len(sys.argv) == 2:
infile = open(sys.argv[1], 'rb')
outfile = sys.stdout
elif len(sys.argv) == 3:
infile = open(sys.argv[1], 'rb')
outfile = open(sys.argv[2], 'wb')
else:
raise SystemExit("{0} [infile [outfile]]".format(sys.argv[0]))
try:
obj = json.load(infile)
except ValueError as e:
raise SystemExit(e)
json.dump(obj, outfile, sort_keys=True, indent=4)
outfile.write('\n')
if __name__ == '__main__':
main()