NAME

jsonobjects2csv

SYNOPSIS

jsonobjects2csv OPTIONS [JSON_FILENAME] [YAML_FILENAME]

DESCRIPTION

jsonobjects2csv is a tool that converts a JSON list of objects into CSV output.

jsonobjects2csv will take JSON expressing a list of objects and turn them into a CSV representation. If the object’s attributes include other objects or arrays they are rendered as YAML in the cell of the csv output.

OPTIONS

-help

display help

-license

display license

-version

display version

-nl, -newline

if true add a trailing newline

-o, -output

output filename

-quiet

suppress error messages

-delimiter

set the CSV column delimiter for output

-show-header

set whether or not to output a header row at start of outout.

-i FILENAME

Use FILENAME for input, “-” will be interpreted as standard input

-o FILENAME

Use FILENAME for ouput, “-” will be interpreted as standard output

EXAMPLES

Used by typing into standard in (press Ctrl-d to end your input).

    jsonobjects2csv
    [
      {"one": 1, "two": 2},
      {"one": 10, "two": 20},
    ]
    ^D

This should yield the following.

one,two
1,2
10,20

These would get the file named “my_list.json” and save it as my.csv

    jsonobjects2csv my_list.json > my.csv

    jsonobjects2csv my_list.json my.csv

    cat my_list.json | jsonobjects2csv -i - > my.csv

jsonobjects2csv 1.2.10