We’re excited to introduce mssql-cli, a new and interactive command line query tool for SQL Server. This open source tool works cross-platform and proud to be a part of the dbcli.org community.
- Auto-completion
- Syntax highlighting
- Query history
- Configuration file support
- Multi-line queries
| Install Instructions |
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| Windows (x64) |
| Windows (x86) |
| macOS 10.12+ |
| Ubuntu 17.04 |
| Ubuntu 16.04 |
| Ubuntu 14.04 |
| Debian 8.7+ |
| Debian 9 |
| CentOS 7 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 |
| OpenSUSE 42.2+ |
| Fedora 25 |
| Fedora 26 |
Direct downloads for both latest stable and preview bits can be found at Direct download.
Please refer to Get mssql-cli for detailed install instructions per platform.
$ pip install mssql-cliPlease refer to Install via pip for detailed install instructions via pip on each platform
Please refer to the usage guide for details on options and example usage. If you are having any issues using mssql-cli, please see the troubleshooting guide.
For general help content, pass in the -h parameter:
$ mssql-cli --helpThe mssql-cli tool includes a telemetry feature. Please refer to the telemetry guide for more information.
Customization and persistence of settings can be achieved with a config file, whose path can be passed as the --mssqlclirc <file> command line argument. Otherwise it is read from the default path ~/.config/mssqlcli/config on macOS and Linux, and %LOCALAPPDATA%\dbcli\mssqlcli\config on Windows. See the config file itself for a description of all available options.
If you would like to contribute to the project, please refer to the development guide.
If you encounter any bugs with the tool please file an issue in the Issues section of our GitHub repo.
This project has adopted the Microsoft Open Source Code of Conduct. For more information see the Code of Conduct FAQ or contact opencode@microsoft.com with any additional questions or comments.
mssql-cli is licensed under the BSD-3 license.