NAME

csv2jsonl

SYNOPSIS

csv2jsonl [OPTIIONS]

DESCRIPTION

csv2jsonl reads CSV from stdin and writes a JSON-L to stdout. JSON output is one object per line. See https://jsonlines.org.

OPTIONS

-help

display help

-license

display license

-version

display version

-d, -delimiter

set the delimter character

-examples

display example(s)

-fields-per-record

Set the number of fields expected in the CSV read, -1 to turn off

-i, -input

input filename

-nl, -newline

include trailing newline in output

-o, -output

output filename

-quiet

suppress error output

-reuse-record

reuse the backing array

-trim-leading-space

trim leading space in fields for CSV input

-use-header

treat the first row as field names

-use-lazy-quotes

use lazy quotes for for CSV input

-for-dataset COLUMN_NO

if COLUMN_NO is greater than -1 then, generate a dataset load compatible version of the CSV file using COLUMN_NO as key.

EXAMPLES

Convert data1.csv to data1.jsonl using Unix pipes.

    cat data1.csv | csv2jsonl > data1.jsonl

Convert data1.csv to JSON line (one object line per blob)

    csv2jsonl data1.csv