duckdb

Command-line client for DuckDB, an in-process analytical SQL engine. More information: https://duckdb.org.

• Start an interactive shell with a transient in-memory database:

duckdb

• Start an interactive shell on a database file. If the file does not exist, a new database is created:

duckdb path/to/dbfile

• Directly query a CSV, JSON, or Parquet file:

duckdb -c "SELECT * FROM 'data_source.[csv|csv.gz|json|json.gz|parquet]'"

• Run an SQL script:

duckdb -f path/to/script.sql

• Run query on database file and keep the interactive shell open:

duckdb path/to/dbfile -cmd "SELECT DISTINCT * FROM tbl"

• Run SQL queries in file on database and keep the interactive shell open:

duckdb path/to/dbfile -init path/to/script.sql

• Read CSV from stdin and write CSV to stdout:

cat path/to/source.csv | duckdb -c "COPY (FROM read_csv('/dev/stdin')) TO '/dev/stdout' WITH (FORMAT CSV, HEADER)"

• Display help:

duckdb -help