Is there anything y'all use to tail logs, but apply syntax highlighting to JSON lines?

A couple solutions so far, mostly provided by my coworkers:

- bat (https://github.com/sharkdp/bat) - does multiple languages
- jq (https://jqlang.github.io/jq/)
- jless (https://jless.io/) - this one is COOL

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https://jsrn.net/dealing-with-json-log-output

A brief look at the above, with some pros and cons.

Dealing with JSON log output

Some handy tools for handling JSON output on the command line.

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