$ cat prettify.sed

s/,/,\r\n/g

s/\[/\r\n\[\r\n/g

s/\]/\r\n\]\r\n/g

s/{/\r\n{\r\n/g

s/}/\r\n}\r\n/g

$ cat prettify.awk

BEGIN{  depth = 0;}

/\[/ {

        sp = 0;

        while(sp++ < depth)

            printf("    ");

        print $0;

        depth += 1;

     }

/{/  {

        sp = 0;

        while(sp++ < depth)

            printf("    ");

        print $0;

        depth += 1;

     }

/\]/ {

        if (depth > 1)

            depth -= 1;

        sp = 0;

        while(sp++ < depth)

            printf("    ");

        print $0;

     }

/}/  {

        if (depth > 1)

            depth -= 1;

        sp = 0;

        while(sp++ < depth)

            printf("    ");

        print $0;

     }

/".*":".*"/ {sp = 0;while(sp++ < depth)printf("    "); print $0;}

$ cat digitalstrategy.json | sed -f prettify.sed | awk -f prettify.awk | head -50

{

    "agency":"NSF",

    "generated":"2014-08-07 06:38:36",

    [

        {

            "id":"2.1",

            "due":"90 Days",

            "due_date":"2012\/08\/21",

            [

                {

                    "type":"select",

                    "name":"2-1-status",

                    "label":"Overall Status",

                    [

                        {

                            "label":"Not Started",

                            "value":"not-started"

                        }

                        {

                            "label":"In Progress",

                            "value":"in-progress"

                        }

                        {

                            "label":"Completed",

                            "value":"completed"

                        }

                    ]

                    "value":"completed"

                }

            ]

        }

        {

            "id":"2.1.1",

            "parent":"2.1",

            "text":"Paragraph on customer engagement approach",

            "due":"90 days",

            "due_date":"2012\/08\/21",

            [

                {

                    "type":"textarea",

                    "name":"2-1-1-customer-engagement-approach",

                    "label":"Paragraph on customer engagement approach",

                    [

                    ]

                }

            ]

        }

        {

            "id":"2.1.2",

            "parent":"2.1",

$ cat prettify.awk

BEGIN{  depth = 0;}

/\[/ {

#        sp = 0;

#        while(sp++ < depth)

#            printf("    ");

#        print $0;

        depth += 1;

     }

/{/  {

#        sp = 0;

#        while(sp++ < depth)

#            printf("    ");

#        print $0;

        depth += 1;

     }

/\]/ {

        if (depth > 1)

            depth -= 1;

#        sp = 0;

#        while(sp++ < depth)

#            printf("    ");

#        print $0;

     }

/}/  {

        if (depth > 1)

            depth -= 1;

#        sp = 0;

#        while(sp++ < depth)

#            printf("    ");

#        print $0;

     }

{sp = 0;while(sp++ < depth)printf("    "); print $0;}