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-lite2j
+sqlite2json
 ======
+
+This script dumps all* the tables in an sqlite database as json.
+
+## Usage
+
+    sqlite2json sqlitefile.db [--exclude=TABLE]
+
+
+To dump the sqlite file where iMessages are stored:
+
+    sqlite2json ~/Library/Messages/chat.db
+
+Here is a more useful version of the above example:
+
+    sqlite2json ~/Library/Messages/chat.db | jq -r .message[].text | grep -i loan
+
+
+\*The script doesn't dump the contents of of the sqlite_master table