How to open a CSV file in Microsoft Excel 1. In Excel's ribbon, click the File tab and then click Open. 2. Click Browse and, in the File Explorer box, click the drop-down menu to the right of the ...

If you need to convert that file from CSV to JSON, you can do that with the csvjson command like so: csvjson clients.csv > clients.json Csvkit has a couple of other handy tricks up its sleeve.