code: def _dict_to_json_pretty(d, sort_keys=True):
      '''
      helper function to generate pretty printed json output
      '''
      return salt.utils.json.dumps(d, indent=4, separators=(',', ': '), sort_keys=sort_keysf _dict_to_json_pretty(d, sort_keys=True):
      '''
      helper function to generate pretty printed json output
      '''
      return salt.utils.json.dumps(d, indent=4, separators=(',', ': '), sort_keys=sort_keys)
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