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jtbl — Utility to print JSON and JSON Lines data as a table in the terminal. More information: <https://git

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Problem

How to use the jtbl command: Utility to print JSON and JSON Lines data as a table in the terminal. More information: <https://github.com/kellyjonbrazil/jtbl#usage>.

Solution

jtbl — Utility to print JSON and JSON Lines data as a table in the terminal. More information: <https://github.com/kellyjonbrazil/jtbl#usage>.

Print a table from JSON or JSON Lines input:

cat {{file.json}} | jtbl

Print a table and specify the column width for wrapping:

cat {{file.json}} | jtbl --cols={{width}}

Print a table and truncate rows instead of wrapping:

cat {{file.json}} | jtbl {{[-t|--truncate]}}

Print a table and don't wrap or truncate rows:

cat {{file.json}} | jtbl {{[-n|--no-wrap]}}

Code Snippets

Print a table from JSON or JSON Lines input

cat {{file.json}} | jtbl

Print a table and specify the column width for wrapping

cat {{file.json}} | jtbl --cols={{width}}

Print a table and truncate rows instead of wrapping

cat {{file.json}} | jtbl {{[-t|--truncate]}}

Print a table and don't wrap or truncate rows

cat {{file.json}} | jtbl {{[-n|--no-wrap]}}

Context

tldr-pages: common/jtbl

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