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jless is a command line JSON viewer for reading, exploring, and searching through JSON data. It pretty prints JSON with syntax highlighting, supports expand/collapse of objects and arrays, and offers vim-inspired commands with regex search.
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jless – a pager designed specifically for JSON, with folding, searching, and navigation, similar to less but JSON-aware.

jless: A terminal JSON viewer designed specifically for exploring, reading, and searching JSON data with syntax highlighting.