I also snarked a bit when I saw your word count example, but immediately reversed course when I saw the JSON formatting one-liner. I will use this. I will use the hell out of it. Thanks!
I don’t know. I’m assuming I should install jq (or see if I already have it?)
Here’s the problem I have: I don’t often have to format unformatted JSON, but when I do, it’s almost always an error message I’m trying to parse in order to track down a bug. So I tell myself “I should really figure out how to automate this…I know it’s obviously possible, but I just really wanna fix this bug right now, so I’ll do that later.”
And then the next time it happens, I curse myself for not having researched that, and promise to do it before the next time.
So I’m just happy that I stumbled across this page. Now I don’t have to remember to research it :)
RIP Bram.