Pretty Print — Format Files on Kali

Quick commands to make unreadable loot/config/API output human-readable.

JSON

cat file.json | python3 -m json.tool
# or
python3 -m json.tool file.json

Python built-in:

cat file.xml | python3 -m xml.dom.minidom
# or
python3 -m xml.dom.minidom file.xml

Python has no built-in HTML formatter — use tidy:

sudo apt install -y tidy

cat file.html | tidy -iq
# or
tidy -iq file.html

Flag	Meaning
`-i`	Indent
`-q`	Quiet (suppress warnings)

Prettier (install once):

sudo apt install -y npm
npm install -g prettier

prettier file.js
# or
cat file.js | prettier --parser babel

sudo apt install -y yq

yq . file.yml
# or
cat file.yml | yq .

Type	Command
JSON	`python3 -m json.tool file.json`
XML	`python3 -m xml.dom.minidom file.xml`
HTML	`tidy -iq file.html`
JavaScript	`prettier file.js`
YAML	`yq . file.yml`