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@ -128,6 +128,20 @@ You can also import newline-delimited JSON using the ``--nl`` option. Since `Dat
$ curl -L "https://latest.datasette.io/fixtures/facetable.json?_shape=array&_nl=on" \
| sqlite-utils insert nl-demo.db facetable - --pk=id --nl
This also means you pipe ``sqlite-utils`` together to easily create a new SQLite database file containing the results of a SQL query against another database::
$ sqlite-utils json sf-trees.db \
"select TreeID, qAddress, Latitude, Longitude from Street_Tree_List" --nl \
| sqlite-utils insert saved.db trees - --nl
# This creates saved.db with a single table called trees:
$ sqlite-utils csv saved.db "select * from trees limit 5"
TreeID,qAddress,Latitude,Longitude
141565,501X Baker St,37.7759676911831,-122.441396661871
232565,940 Elizabeth St,37.7517102172731,-122.441498017841
119263,495X Lakeshore Dr,,
207368,920 Kirkham St,37.760210314285,-122.47073935813
188702,1501 Evans Ave,37.7422086702947,-122.387293152263
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