old_contents: #!/usr/bin/env python
  # -*- coding: latin-1 -*-
  ''' Script to convert a JSON file to TSV. Adapted from http://kailaspatil.blogspot.com/2013/07/python-script-to-convert-json-file-into.html
  '''
  import fileinput
  import json
  import csv
  import sys
  
  EPILOG = ''' Usage: %(prog)s -i [input JSON file] > [output TSV file] '''
  
  def main():
  	import argparse
  	parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description=__doc__, epilog=EPILOG,
  	    formatter_class=argparse.RawDescriptionHelpFormatter,
  	)
  
  	parser.add_argument('--infile', '-i', help="JSON file to convert to TSV")
  	args = parser.parse_args()
  
  	lines = []
  	if args.infile:
  		with open(args.infile, 'r') as f:
  			for line in f:
  				lines.append(line)
  	else:
  		print >> sys.stderr, "Please supply an input JSON file with -i"
  
  	new_json = json.loads(''.join(lines))
  	keys = {}
  
  	for i in new_json:
  		for k in i.keys():
  			keys[k] = 1
  
  	tab_out = csv.DictWriter(sys.stdout, fieldnames=keys.keys(), dialect='excel-tab')
  	tab_out.writeheader()
  
  	for row in new_json:
  		tab_out.writerow(row)
  
  if __name__ == '__main__':
  	main()
new_contents: #!/usr/bin/env python
  # -*- coding: latin-1 -*-
  ''' Script to convert a JSON file to TSV. Adapted from http://kailaspatil.blogspot.com/2013/07/python-script-to-convert-json-file-into.html
  '''
  import fileinput
  import json
  import csv
  import sys
  
  EPILOG = '''Usage: %(prog)s -i [input JSON file] > [output TSV file]'''
  
  def main():
  	import argparse
  	parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description=__doc__, epilog=EPILOG,
  	    formatter_class=argparse.RawDescriptionHelpFormatter,
  	)
  
  	parser.add_argument('--infile', '-i', help="JSON file to convert to TSV")
  	args = parser.parse_args()
  
  	lines = []
  	if args.infile:
  		with open(args.infile, 'r') as f:
  			for line in f:
  				lines.append(line)
  	else:
  		print >> sys.stderr, "Usage: JSON2TSV.py -i [input JSON file] > [output TSV file]"
  		sys.exit(0)
  
  	new_json = json.loads(''.join(lines))
  	keys = {}
  
  	for i in new_json:
  		for k in i.keys():
  			keys[k] = 1
  
  	tab_out = csv.DictWriter(sys.stdout, fieldnames=keys.keys(), dialect='excel-tab')
  	tab_out.writeheader()
  
  	for row in new_json:
  		tab_out.writerow(row)
  
  if __name__ == '__main__':
  	main()
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