{"id":21715,"date":"2025-11-07T04:03:51","date_gmt":"2025-11-07T04:03:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.withdata.com\/blog\/?p=21715"},"modified":"2025-11-17T18:23:24","modified_gmt":"2025-11-17T18:23:24","slug":"split-large-json-lines-jsonl-ndjson-ldjson-file","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withdata.com\/blog\/bigtextfilesplitter\/split-large-json-lines-jsonl-ndjson-ldjson-file.html","title":{"rendered":"Split Large JSON lines (JSONL \/ NDJSON \/ LDJSON) file"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Want to split large JSON lines (<a href=\"\/tools\/file\/jsonl\">JSONL<\/a> \/ <a href=\"\/tools\/file\/ndjson\">NDJSON<\/a> \/ <a href=\"\/tools\/file\/ldjson\">LDJSON<\/a>) file to smaller files?<\/p>\n<p>Try Withdata <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withdata.com\/big-text-file-splitter\/\">Big Text File Splitter<\/a>, a JSON splitter for Windows, MacOS, and Linux, Split JSON lines, East and Fast.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Can run in GUI mode, <a href=\"#split\">Step by Step<\/a>, just a few mouse clicks.<\/li>\n<li>Can run in <a href=\"#cmd\">Command line<\/a>, for <a href=\"#task\">Scheduled Tasks<\/a> and Streams.<\/li>\n<li>Split JSON file locally and <b>privately<\/b>, Avoid uploading LARGE JSON file(s) to online services.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"#download-top\" onclick=\"dtv.style.display = 'block';\">Download Withdata BigTextFileSplitter<\/a>  <a href=\"#download-top\" onclick=\"dtv.style.display = 'block';\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.withdata.com\/images\/download_3.jpg\" alt=\"Download BigTextFileSplitter\" width=\"80\" height=\"22\" style=\"max-width:100%;height:auto;\" \/><\/a> <span id=\"dtv\" style=\"display: none;\"><br \/>\n<a href=\"\/download.php?app=BigTextFileSplitter&#038;ver=win64\">Windows 64 bit<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"\/download.php?app=BigTextFileSplitter&#038;ver=win32\">Windows 32 bit<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"\/download.php?app=BigTextFileSplitter&#038;ver=deb\">Linux .deb (For Debian, Ubuntu) 64 bit<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"\/download.php?app=BigTextFileSplitter&#038;ver=rpm\">Linux .rpm (For Red Hat, Fedora, SUSE) 64 bit<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"\/download.php?app=BigTextFileSplitter&#038;ver=pkg\">MacOS 64 bit<\/a><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/tools\/file\/jsonl\">JSON Lines text format (JSONL)<\/a>, also called <a href=\"\/tools\/file\/ndjson\">Newline-delimited JSON (NDJSON)<\/a>, or <a href=\"\/tools\/file\/ldjson\">Line-delimited JSON (LDJSON)<\/a>. JSON Lines files may be saved with the file extension .jsonl, *.ndjson, *.ldjson.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"example\">Example of splitting large JSON lines (JSONL \/ NDJSON \/ LDJSON) file<\/h2>\n<p>Example JSON lines (JSONL \/ NDJSON \/ LDJSON) file<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.withdata.com\/images\/bigtextfilesplitter\/view-source-jsonl.png\" alt=\"Split big JSONL file - view the source JSONL file\" width=\"846\" height=\"441\" style=\"max-width:100%;height:auto;display:block;\" \/><\/p>\n<p>After splitting, got small JSON lines (JSONL \/ NDJSON \/ LDJSON) files<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.withdata.com\/images\/bigtextfilesplitter\/small-files-jsonl.png\" alt=\"Split big NDJSON file - small files\" width=\"846\" height=\"441\" style=\"max-width:100%;height:auto;display:block;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" \/><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"split\">Split large JSON lines (JSONL \/ NDJSON \/ LDJSON) file<\/h2>\n<p> Click &#8220;New Task&#8221; at &#8220;Start&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.withdata.com\/images\/bigtextfilesplitter\/new-task-windows.png\" ALT=\"split large LDJSON} file - new task\" width=\"808\" height=\"612\" style=\"max-width:100%;height:auto;display:block;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"><\/p>\n<p>then show the splitting form, choose the JSON lines (JSONL \/ NDJSON \/ LDJSON) file to split.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.withdata.com\/images\/bigtextfilesplitter\/split-jsonl.png\" ALT=\"split large JSONL file - split\" width=\"808\" height=\"615\" style=\"max-width:100%;height:auto;display:block;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"cmd\">Split large JSON lines (JSONL \/ NDJSON \/ LDJSON) file in command line<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.withdata.com\/big-text-file-splitter\/cmd.html\" target=\"_blank\">Save &#8220;Split large JSON lines (JSONL \/ NDJSON \/ LDJSON) file&#8221; session<\/a>, then you can: <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.withdata.com\/big-text-file-splitter\/cmd.html#windows\" target=\"_blank\">Split large JSON lines (JSONL \/ NDJSON \/ LDJSON) file in Windows command line.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.withdata.com\/big-text-file-splitter\/cmd.html#linux\" target=\"_blank\">Split large JSON lines (JSONL \/ NDJSON \/ LDJSON) file in Linux command line.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.withdata.com\/big-text-file-splitter\/cmd.html#macos\" target=\"_blank\">Split large JSON lines (JSONL \/ NDJSON \/ LDJSON) file in macOS command line.<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 id=\"task\">Set scheduled tasks for splitting large JSON lines (JSONL \/ NDJSON \/ LDJSON) file<\/h2>\n<p>You can schedule and automate this &#8220;Split JSON lines (JSONL \/ NDJSON \/ LDJSON)&#8221; task by: <\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/withdata.com\/big-text-file-splitter\/cmd.html\" target=\"_blank\">Save session and create .bat (Windows) or .sh (Linux\/macOS) file for &#8220;Split JSON lines (JSONL \/ NDJSON \/ LDJSON)&#8221; conversion.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/withdata.com\/dbtodb\/schedule-task.html\" target=\"_blank\">Set scheduled task for &#8220;JSON lines (JSONL \/ NDJSON \/ LDJSON)&#8221; conversion.<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<hr style=\"clear: both;\" \/>\n<p>More tools for <a href=\"\/tools\/file\/jsonl\">JSONL<\/a> \/ <a href=\"\/tools\/file\/ndjson\">NDJSON<\/a> \/ <a href=\"\/tools\/file\/ldjson\">LDJSON<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div id=\"download-bottom\" style=\"clear: both;\">\n<p>Download Withdata BigTextFileSplitter<a href=\"#download-bottom\" onclick=\"dbv.style.display = 'block';\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.withdata.com\/images\/btn_download_green.png\" alt=\"Download BigTextFileSplitter\" width=\"165\" height=\"50\" style=\"max-width:100%;height:auto;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" \/><\/a> <span id=\"dbv\" style=\"display: none;\"><br \/>\n<a href=\"\/download.php?app=BigTextFileSplitter&#038;ver=win64\">Windows 64 bit<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"\/download.php?app=BigTextFileSplitter&#038;ver=win32\">Windows 32 bit<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"\/download.php?app=BigTextFileSplitter&#038;ver=deb\">Linux .deb (For Debian, Ubuntu) 64 bit<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"\/download.php?app=BigTextFileSplitter&#038;ver=rpm\">Linux .rpm (For Red Hat, Fedora, SUSE) 64 bit<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"\/download.php?app=BigTextFileSplitter&#038;ver=pkg\">MacOS 64 bit<\/a><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Want to split large JSON lines (JSONL \/ NDJSON \/ LDJSON) file to smaller files? Try Withdata Big Text File Splitter, a JSON splitter for Windows, MacOS, and Linux, Split JSON lines, East and Fast. Can run in GUI mode, Step by Step, just a few mouse clicks. 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