adding the is_json tool and associated readme.md details

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Bob Williams
2014-03-25 16:20:25 -04:00
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@@ -5,10 +5,11 @@ Handy command line tools for dealing with json data.
## Tools
- **pp_json** - pretty prints json
- **is_json** - returns true if valid json; false otherwise
## Usage
## Examples
##### pp_json - examples
##### pp_json
```sh
# curl json data and pretty print the results
@@ -19,4 +20,16 @@ less data.json | pp_json
# json data directly from the command line
echo '{"b":2, "a":1}' | pp_json
```
##### is_json
```sh
# curl json data and pretty print the results
curl https://coderwall.com/bobwilliams.json | is_json
# pretty print the contents of an existing json file
less data.json | is_json
# json data directly from the command line
echo '{"b":2, "a":1}' | is_json
```