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Format JSON in Vim with jq

I've been using jq to format my JSON. It's a little less heavy-handed than the more standard Python JSON library; for instance it doesn't alphabetize my keys or convert my two spaces to four.

Here's how to use this library inside Vim (command mode):

:%!jq '.'

Happy JSON-ing!

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