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		HappyTypist on July 10, 2016 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Ask HN: How do you view large JSON files? People like cat because it allows notating the command closer to how they think. How can I pipe while putting the file first?

yoha on July 10, 2016 [–]

Well, just do it:

    < unformatted.json python -mjson.tool | vim -

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