If you need to convert that file from CSV to JSON, you can do that with the csvjson command like so: csvjson clients.csv > clients.json Csvkit has a couple of other handy tricks up its sleeve.

A CSV (comma-separated values) file is a text file in which information is separated by commas. CSV files are most commonly encountered in spreadsheets and databases. You can use a CSV file to ...

The process is similar to creating any plain text file in PowerShell -- but with a few twists.

For example, if you wanted to convert a group of text files in a folder on your desktop from TXT to DOCX you'd type this into Terminal: textutil -convert docx ~/Desktop/TextDocuments/*.txt ...

Microsoft Excel has an import wizard, but if you structure the text correctly, you can bypass the wizard altogether.