[3.13] gh-132631: Fix "I/O operation on closed file" when parsing JSON Lines file (GH-132632)

Lib/json/tool.py

@@ -63,7 +63,8 @@ def main():
             infile = open(options.infile, encoding='utf-8')
         try:
             if options.json_lines:
-                objs = (json.loads(line) for line in infile)
+                lines = infile.readlines()
+                objs = (json.loads(line) for line in lines)
             else:
                 objs = (json.load(infile),)
         finally:

Lib/test/test_json/json_lines.jsonl

@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+{"ingredients":["frog", "water", "chocolate", "glucose"]}
+{"ingredients":["chocolate","steel bolts"]}

Lib/test/test_json/test_tool.py

@@ -1,12 +1,13 @@
 import errno
+import pathlib
 import os
 import sys
 import textwrap
 import unittest
 import subprocess
 
 from test import support
-from test.support import os_helper
+from test.support import force_not_colorized, os_helper
 from test.support.script_helper import assert_python_ok
 
 
@@ -147,6 +148,14 @@ def test_jsonlines(self):
         self.assertEqual(process.stdout, self.jsonlines_expect)
         self.assertEqual(process.stderr, '')
 
+    @force_not_colorized
+    def test_jsonlines_from_file(self):
+        jsonl = pathlib.Path(__file__).parent / 'json_lines.jsonl'
+        args = sys.executable, '-m', 'json.tool', '--json-lines', jsonl
+        process = subprocess.run(args, capture_output=True, text=True, check=True)
+        self.assertEqual(process.stdout, self.jsonlines_expect)
+        self.assertEqual(process.stderr, '')
+
     def test_help_flag(self):
         rc, out, err = assert_python_ok('-m', 'json.tool', '-h')
         self.assertEqual(rc, 0)

Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2025-04-17-15-26-35.gh-issue-132631.IDFZfb.rst

@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+Fix "I/O operation on closed file" when parsing JSON Lines file with
+:mod:`JSON CLI <json.tool>`.