diff --git a/feistjj/autojson.py b/feistjj/autojson.py
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+#!/usr/bin/python3
+# all arguments to this script are considered as json files
+# and attempted to be formatted alphabetically
+
+import json
+from sys import argv
+
+for file in argv[1:]:
+   print("formatting file {}".format(file))
+   with open(file) as f:
+      j = json.load(f)
+
+   with open(file, 'w') as f:
+      f.write(json.dumps(j, indent=4, sort_keys=True, separators=(',', ': ')))