prep for v1.3.4, Added json2jsonl. It will render a JSON array document as JSON lines. A '-as-dataset' option is included. If an top level attribute name is provided and matches the object it will render the result as a dataset load componatible object. Of the top level attribute name is not found then that object is skipped with a message written to standard error.

Author: R. S. Doiel

CITATION.cff

@@ -1,33 +1,21 @@
-
 cff-version: 1.2.0
 message: "If you use this software, please cite it as below."
 type: software
-title: datatools
-abstract: "A set of command line tools for working with CSV, Excel Workbooks, JSON and structured text documents."
+title: "datatools"
+abstract: "A set of command line tools for working with CSV, Excel
+Workbooks, JSON and structured text documents."
 authors:
   - family-names: Doiel
     given-names: R. S.
-    orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0900-6903
-    email: [email protected]
+    orcid: ""
 
-contacts:
+maintainers:
   - family-names: Doiel
     given-names: R. S.
-    orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0900-6903
-    email: [email protected]
+    orcid: ""
 
 repository-code: "https://github.com/caltechlibrary/datatools"
-version: 1.3.3
-date-released: 2025-05-14
-
+version: 1.3.4
 license-url: "https://data.caltech.edu/license"
-keywords:
-  - csv
-  - excel
-  - sql
-  - json
-  - yaml
-  - xlsx
-  - golang
-  - bash
-
+keywords: [ "csv", "excel", "sql", "json", "yaml", "xlsx", "golang", "bash" ]
+date-released: 2025-05-15

Makefile

@@ -9,9 +9,9 @@ RELEASE_DATE=$(shell date +'%Y-%m-%d')
 
 RELEASE_HASH=$(shell git log --pretty=format:'%h' -n 1)
 
-PROGRAMS = codemeta2cff csv2json  csv2jsonl csv2mdtable csv2tab csv2xlsx csvcleaner csvcols csvfind csvjoin csvrows finddir findfile json2toml json2yaml jsoncols jsonjoin jsonmunge jsonrange jsonobjects2csv mergepath range reldate reltime sql2csv string tab2csv timefmt toml2json urlparse xlsx2csv xlsx2json yaml2json
+PROGRAMS = codemeta2cff csv2json  csv2jsonl csv2mdtable csv2tab csv2xlsx csvcleaner csvcols csvfind csvjoin csvrows finddir findfile json2toml json2yaml jsoncols jsonjoin jsonmunge jsonrange jsonobjects2csv json2jsonl mergepath range reldate reltime sql2csv string tab2csv timefmt toml2json urlparse xlsx2csv xlsx2json yaml2json
 
-MAN_PAGES = codemeta2cff.1 csv2json.1 csv2jsonl.1 csv2mdtable.1 csv2tab.1 csv2xlsx.1 csvcleaner.1 csvcols.1 csvfind.1 csvjoin.1 csvrows.1 finddir.1 findfile.1 json2toml.1 json2yaml.1 jsoncols.1 jsonjoin.1 jsonmunge.1 jsonrange.1  jsonobjects2csv.1 mergepath.1 range.1 reldate.1 reltime.1 sql2csv.1 string.1 tab2csv.1 timefmt.1 toml2json.1 urlparse.1 xlsx2csv.1 xlsx2json.1 yaml2json.1
+MAN_PAGES = codemeta2cff.1 csv2json.1 csv2jsonl.1 csv2mdtable.1 csv2tab.1 csv2xlsx.1 csvcleaner.1 csvcols.1 csvfind.1 csvjoin.1 csvrows.1 finddir.1 findfile.1 json2toml.1 json2yaml.1 jsoncols.1 jsonjoin.1 jsonmunge.1 jsonrange.1  jsonobjects2csv.1 json2jsonl.1 mergepath.1 range.1 reldate.1 reltime.1 sql2csv.1 string.1 tab2csv.1 timefmt.1 toml2json.1 urlparse.1 xlsx2csv.1 xlsx2json.1 yaml2json.1
 
 PACKAGE = $(shell ls -1 *.go)
 

about.html

@@ -25,18 +25,14 @@
 
 <section>
 <h1 id="about-this-software">About this software</h1>
-<h2 id="datatools-1.3.3">datatools 1.3.3</h2>
-<p>Added option, `-for-dataset` to csv2jsonl. This renders JSON lines
-output suitable for loading into a dataset collectiojn.</p>
+<h2 id="datatools-1.3.4">datatools 1.3.4</h2>
 <h3 id="authors">Authors</h3>
 <ul>
-<li>R. S. Doiel, <a href="https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0900-6903"
-class="uri">https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0900-6903</a></li>
+<li>R. S. Doiel</li>
 </ul>
 <h3 id="maintainers">Maintainers</h3>
 <ul>
-<li>R. S. Doiel, <a href="https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0900-6903"
-class="uri">https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0900-6903</a></li>
+<li>R. S. Doiel</li>
 </ul>
 <p>A set of command line tools for working with CSV, Excel Workbooks,
 JSON and structured text documents.</p>
@@ -58,7 +54,7 @@ <h3 id="operating-systems">Operating Systems</h3>
 <li>Windows</li>
 <li>macOS</li>
 </ul>
-<h3 id="software-requirements">Software Requirements</h3>
+<h3 id="software-requiremets">Software Requiremets</h3>
 <ul>
 <li>Golang &gt;= 1.23.5</li>
 <li>Pandoc &gt;= 3.1</li>

about.md

@@ -1,80 +1,55 @@
 ---
-title: datatools
-abstract: "A set of command line tools for working with CSV, Excel Workbooks, JSON and structured text documents."
+cff-version: 1.2.0
+message: "If you use this software, please cite it as below."
+type: software
+title: "datatools"
+abstract: "A set of command line tools for working with CSV, Excel
+Workbooks, JSON and structured text documents."
 authors:
-  - family_name: Doiel
-    given_name: R. S.
-    id: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0900-6903
-
-
-maintainer:
-  - family_name: Doiel
-    given_name: R. S.
-    id: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0900-6903
-
-repository_code: https://github.com/caltechlibrary/datatools
-version: 1.3.3
-license_url: https://data.caltech.edu/license
-operating_system:
-  - Linux
-  - Windows
-  - macOS
-
-programming_language:
-  - Go >= 1.23.5
-
-keywords:
-  - csv
-  - excel
-  - sql
-  - json
-  - yaml
-  - xlsx
-  - golang
-  - bash
-
-date_released: 2025-05-14
+  - family-names: Doiel
+    given-names: R. S.
+    orcid: ""
+
+repository-code: "https://github.com/caltechlibrary/datatools"
+version: 1.3.4
+license-url: "https://data.caltech.edu/license"
+keywords: [ "csv", "excel", "sql", "json", "yaml", "xlsx", "golang", "bash" ]
+date-released: 2025-05-15
 ---
 
 About this software
 ===================
 
-## datatools 1.3.3
-
-Added option, `-for-dataset` to csv2jsonl. This renders JSON lines output suitable for loading into a dataset collectiojn.
+## datatools 1.3.4
 
 ### Authors
 
-- R. S. Doiel, <https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0900-6903>
-
-
+- R. S. Doiel
 
 
 ### Maintainers
 
-- R. S. Doiel, <https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0900-6903>
-
+- R. S. Doiel
 
-A set of command line tools for working with CSV, Excel Workbooks, JSON and structured text documents.
+A set of command line tools for working with CSV, Excel Workbooks, JSON
+and structured text documents.
 
 - License: <https://data.caltech.edu/license>
 - GitHub: <https://github.com/caltechlibrary/datatools>
 - Issues: <https://github.com/caltechlibrary/datatools/issues>
 
-### Programming languages
 
-- Go &gt;&#x3D; 1.23.5
+### Programming languages
 
+- Go &gt;= 1.23.5
 
 ### Operating Systems
 
 - Linux
 - Windows
 - macOS
 
+### Software Requiremets
 
-### Software Requirements
-
-- Golang &gt;&#x3D; 1.23.5
-- Pandoc &gt;&#x3D; 3.1
-
+- Golang &gt;= 1.23.5
+- Pandoc &gt;= 3.1

cmd/csv2jsonl/csv2jsonl.go

@@ -1,12 +1,9 @@
-// csv2json - is a command line that takes CSV input from stdin and
-// writes out JSON-L expression. It includes support for using the first
-// row as field names or default fieldnames (e.g. col0, col1, col2).
-// Additionally it can output the resulting JSON data structures as a
-// JSON array or individual JSON blobs (one line per blob).
-//
+// csv2jsonl - is a command line that takes CSV input from stdin and
+// writes out JSON lines expression. 
+// 
 // @author R. S. Doiel, <[email protected]>
 //
-// Copyright (c) 2021, Caltech
+// Copyright (c) 2025, Caltech
 // All rights not granted herein are expressly reserved by Caltech.
 //
 // Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met: