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+[Desktop Entry]
+Encoding=UTF-8
+Version=2.0                                     
+Name[en_US]=JSON Inspector
+GenericName=JSON Inspector
+Exec=jsoninspector         
+Terminal=false                                  
+Icon[en_US]=/usr/share/icons/
+Type=Application                                
+Categories=Application;Programming
+Comment[en_US]=JSON Inspector