jsonlint

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  "github_readme_excerpt": "JSON Lint\n=========\n\nA pure [JavaScript version](http://zaach.github.com/jsonlint/) of the service provided at [jsonlint.com](http://jsonlint.com).\n\n## Command line interface\nInstall jsonlint with npm to use the command line interface:\n\n    npm install jsonlint -g\n\nValidate a file like so:\n\n    jsonlint myfile.json\n\nor pipe input into stdin:\n\n    cat myfile.json | jsonlint\n\njsonlint will either report a syntax error with details or pretty print the source if it is valid.\n\n### Options\n\n    $ jsonlint -h\n\n    Usage: jsonlint [file] [options]\n\n    file     file to parse; otherwise uses stdin\n\n    Options:\n       -v, --version            print version and exit\n       -s, --sort-keys          sort object keys\n       -i, --in-place           overwrite the file\n       -t CHAR, --indent CHAR   character(s) to use for indentation  [  ]\n       -c, --compact            compact error display\n       -V, --validate           a JSON schema to use for validation\n       -e, --environment        which specification of JSON Schema the validation file uses  [json-schema-draft-03]\n       -q, --quiet              do not print the parsed json to STDOUT  [false]\n       -p, --pretty-print       force pretty printing even if invalid\n\n\n## Module interface\n\nI\u0027m not sure why you wouldn\u0027t use the built in `JSON.parse` but you can use jsonlint from a CommonJS module:\n\n    var jsonlint = require(\"jsonlint\");\n\n    jsonlint.parse(\u0027{\"creative?\": false}\u0027);\n\nIt returns the parsed object or throws an `Error`.\n\n## Vim Plugins\n\n* [Syntastic](http://www.vim.org/scripts/script.php?script_id=2736)\n* [sourcebeautify](http://www.vim.org/scripts/script.php?script_id=4079)\n* [ALE](https://github.com/w0rp/ale)\n\n## MIT License\n\nCopyright (C) 2012 Zachary Carter\n\nPermission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the \"Software\"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, me",
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