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Convert JSON to TXT (“|” pipe delimited text)
Choose JSON file -> Set TXT file -> Convert JSON to TXT
“Start a New Convert” for “JSON to TXT”.
Select From “File” “JSON” To “File” “TXT”.
1. Open source JSON file.
Support large JSON file ( > 4GB ).
Source JSON file’s content is like this:
2. Config target TXT (“|” pipe delimited text) file.
3. Set rows options.
4. Convert JSON to TXT.
After converting, you can view the output TXT (“|” pipe delimited text) file.
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See also:
- Merge multiple JSON files into one pipe delimited text
- Batch convert JSON files to pipe delimited text files
JSON → Pipe-delimited text reference
Type mapping
| Value kind | in JSON | in Pipe-delimited text |
|---|---|---|
| Int | 1234 (number) | 1234 |
| Decimal | 1234.56 (number) | 1234.56 |
| Float | 1.234e10 (number) | 1.234e+10 |
| Text | "text" (string) | quoted only when it contains a pipe or a quote |
| Long text | "multi-line\ntext" (escaped newline inside a string) | must be quoted; line breaks inside force multi-line records |
| Date | "2026-09-18" (string) | 2026-09-18 |
| Datetime | "2026-09-18T14:30:00Z" (string) | 2026-09-18 14:30:00 |
| Binary | "base64:..." (string) | not representable - base64 or hex string |
| Boolean | true / false (boolean) | TRUE / FALSE, or 1 / 0 depending on the writer |
| JSON | nested object or array, kept as structure | the whole JSON value quoted, with internal quotes doubled |
Dialect differences
Both JSON and Pipe-delimited text are file formats, so what differs below is how each one chooses to represent a value.
| Property | in JSON | in Pipe-delimited text |
|---|---|---|
| identifiers | Double quotes; backslash escapes | Double quotes; a literal quote is doubled ("" ) |
| dates | No date type: dates arrive as strings and the reader must p... | Conventional text: 2026-09-18 or 2026-09-18 14:30:00 |
| binary | Not supported natively - base64 inside a string | Not supported |
| separator | Braces and commas | Pipe "|" |
| encoding | UTF-8 by definition | No declaration - UTF-8 works only with a BOM |
| typing | string, number, boolean, null, object, array - no date type | None - every field is text |
| shape | Nested objects and arrays | Flat table, optional header row |
| ceiling | Whole document is usually parsed into memory | No formal limit; row count bounded by memory |
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