Parsing json with jq

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Overview

The jq tool allows one to parse properly formatted json documents. Using jq, inputs like this:

{"person": {"serial": 42,"name": "erin","properties": {"vitals": [{"height": "kinda tall", "weight": "unanswered"}], "preferences": [{"food": "pizza", "drink": "water"}]}}}

can be turned into this:

{
  "person": {
    "serial": 42,
    ...

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