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<h1 id="name">NAME</h1>
<p>csv2jsonl</p>
<h1 id="synopsis">SYNOPSIS</h1>
<p>csv2jsonl [OPTIIONS]</p>
<h1 id="description">DESCRIPTION</h1>
<p>csv2jsonl reads CSV from stdin and writes a JSON-L to stdout. JSON
output is one object per line. See https://jsonlines.org.</p>
<h1 id="options">OPTIONS</h1>
<dl>
<dt>-help</dt>
<dd>
display help
</dd>
<dt>-license</dt>
<dd>
display license
</dd>
<dt>-version</dt>
<dd>
display version
</dd>
<dt>-d, -delimiter</dt>
<dd>
set the delimter character
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<dt>-examples</dt>
<dd>
display example(s)
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<dt>-fields-per-record</dt>
<dd>
Set the number of fields expected in the CSV read, -1 to turn off
</dd>
<dt>-i, -input</dt>
<dd>
input filename
</dd>
<dt>-nl, -newline</dt>
<dd>
include trailing newline in output
</dd>
<dt>-o, -output</dt>
<dd>
output filename
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<dt>-quiet</dt>
<dd>
suppress error output
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<dt>-reuse-record</dt>
<dd>
reuse the backing array
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<dt>-trim-leading-space</dt>
<dd>
trim leading space in fields for CSV input
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<dt>-use-header</dt>
<dd>
treat the first row as field names
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<dt>-use-lazy-quotes</dt>
<dd>
use lazy quotes for for CSV input
</dd>
<dt>-for-dataset COLUMN_NO</dt>
<dd>
if COLUMN_NO is greater than -1 then, generate a dataset load compatible
version of the CSV file using COLUMN_NO as key.
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<h1 id="examples">EXAMPLES</h1>
<p>Convert data1.csv to data1.jsonl using Unix pipes.</p>
<pre><code>    cat data1.csv | csv2jsonl &gt; data1.jsonl</code></pre>
<p>Convert data1.csv to JSON line (one object line per blob)</p>
<pre><code>    csv2jsonl data1.csv</code></pre>
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