jless

View and explore JSON data interactively. tldr-pages

On several platforms

Several platforms

Open a JSON file

jless path/to/file.jsonIdentify

Read JSON from stdin

cat path/to/file.json | jlessIdentify

Force YAML parsing regardless of file extension

jless --yaml path/to/fileIdentify

Start in line mode (show braces, commas, and quoted object keys)

jless --mode line path/to/file.jsonIdentify

Hide line numbers

jless --no-line-numbers path/to/file.jsonIdentify

Show relative line numbers

jless --relative-line-numbers path/to/file.jsonIdentify

[Interactive] Search forward for a pattern (press <n>/<N> for next/previous match)

</>pattern

[Interactive] Exit

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