+++
title = "Formatting JSON Output with jq"
date = 2021-04-27T17:06:51+07:00
categories = ["software", "guide"]
tags = ["bash", "cli", "json", "jq", "less"]
+++

TIL: Syntax-highlighted JSON output

If you have some command that return (long) JSON, you can view it formatted
with color with: 

```bash
<command> | jq -C | less -r
```