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Allow setting indent width or character in json.tool #426

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8 changes: 7 additions & 1 deletion Lib/json/tool.py
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Expand Up @@ -27,11 +27,17 @@ def main():
help='write the output of infile to outfile')
parser.add_argument('--sort-keys', action='store_true', default=False,
help='sort the output of dictionaries alphabetically by key')
parser.add_argument('--indent', default=4,
help='set indent width or character')
options = parser.parse_args()

infile = options.infile or sys.stdin
outfile = options.outfile or sys.stdout
sort_keys = options.sort_keys
try:
indent = int(options.indent)
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My bad... clearly supports int!

except ValueError:
indent = options.indent
with infile:
try:
if sort_keys:
Expand All @@ -42,7 +48,7 @@ def main():
except ValueError as e:
raise SystemExit(e)
with outfile:
json.dump(obj, outfile, sort_keys=sort_keys, indent=4)
json.dump(obj, outfile, sort_keys=sort_keys, indent=indent)
outfile.write('\n')


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