Converting CSV to JSON in bash

Question

Trying to convert a CSV file into a JSON

Here is two sample lines :

-21.3214077;55.4851413;Ruizia cordata
-21.3213078;55.4849803;Cossinia pinnata
         


        

Answer 1

Here is an article on the subject: https://infiniteundo.com/post/99336704013/convert-csv-to-json-with-jq

It also uses JQ, but a bit different approach using split() and map().

jq --slurp --raw-input \
   'split("\n") | .[1:] | map(split(";")) |
      map({
         "position": [.[0], .[1]],
         "taxo": {
             "espece": .[2]
          }
      })' \
  input.csv > output.json

It doesn't handle separator escaping, though.