You can also use the python json.tool $ echo '{"json":"obj"}' | python -mjson.tool { "json": "obj" } http://docs.python.org/library/json.h

You can also use the python json.tool $ echo '{"json":"obj"}' | python -mjson.tool { "json": "obj" } http://docs.python.org/library/json.html http://docs.python.org/library/json.html