>>> cat search.json {"responseHeader":{"status":0,"QTime":0},"response":{"numFound":86295,"start":0,"docs":[{"artist":"Explosions in the Sky","id":"6-1010373","image":"67660114.jpg","reach":768165,"resid":1010373,"restype":6,"weight":1.0},{"artist":"Skid Row","id":"6-1000620","image":"796810.jpg","reach":515805,"resid":1000620,"restype":6,"weight":1.0}]}} >>> cat search.json | python -m json.tool { "response": { "docs": [ { "artist": "Explosions in the Sky", "id": "6-1010373", "image": "67660114.jpg", "reach": 768165, "resid": 1010373, "restype": 6, "weight": 1.0 }, { "artist": "Skid Row", "id": "6-1000620", "image": "796810.jpg", "reach": 515805, "resid": 1000620, "restype": 6, "weight": 1.0 } ], "numFound": 86295, "start": 0 }, "responseHeader": { "QTime": 0, "status": 0 } }