In an earlier column, I showed how to create a JSON schema that describes the format of a valid JSON document. I also showed how to use that schema to provide support for developers creating JSON ...

After a disappointing debut in June, Google released an updated version of its sellers.json file that now includes 1.2 million publishers.

You don’t want to have to SCP the file to your desktop, load the file, save it in the requisite format, and then SCP the file back to the server. You want to be efficient. Hence, csvkit.