Pretty Print directory of .json files

I had a bunch of compressed json files that I needed to pretty print to make them more readable. This little snippet will create a new pretty printed json file prefixed with pp:

ls *.json | xargs -I {} sh -c "cat {} | python -mjson.tool > pp{}"

Instead of having to look at files that look like this:

{ "attributes": [ { "name": "type", "value": "PKT" }, { "name": "arch", "value": "x86_64,x86" }, { "name": "name", "value": "Awesome OS" } ], "dependentProductIds": [], "href": "/products/00", "id": "00", "multiplier": 1, "name": "Awesome OS", "productContent": [ { "content": { "arches": null, "contentUrl": "/content/6/$releasever/$basearch/debug", "gpgUrl": "file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-awesome-os", "id": "FFFF", "label": "awesome-os-debug-rpms", "metadataExpire": 86400, "modifiedProductIds": [ "0A" ], "name": "Awesome OS (Debug RPMs)", "releaseVer": null, "requiredTags": "awesome-os-server", "type": "yum", "vendor": "Candlepin" }, "enabled": false } ] }

You get a bunch of files that look like this:

{
    "attributes": [
        {
            "name": "type",
            "value": "PKT"
        },
        {
            "name": "arch",
            "value": "x86_64,x86"
        },
        {
            "name": "name",
            "value": "Awesome OS"
        }
    ],
    "dependentProductIds": [],
    "href": "/products/00",
    "id": "00",
    "multiplier": 1,
    "name": "Awesome OS",
    "productContent": [
        {
            "content": {
                "arches": null,
                "contentUrl": "/content/6/$releasever/$basearch/debug",
                "gpgUrl": "file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-awesome-os",
                "id": "FFFF",
                "label": "awesome-os-debug-rpms",
                "metadataExpire": 86400,
                "modifiedProductIds": [
                    "0A"
                ],
                "name": "Awesome OS (Debug RPMs)",
                "releaseVer": null,
                "requiredTags": "awesome-os-server",
                "type": "yum",
                "vendor": "Candlepin"
            },
            "enabled": false
        }
    ]
}

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