usql Command Examples

Universal CLI interface for SQL databases. More information: https://github.com/xo/usql.

• Connect to a specific database:

usql {{sqlserver|mysql|postgres|sqlite3|...}}://{{username}}:{{password}}@{{host}}:{{port}}/{{database_name}}

• Execute commands from a file:

usql --file={{path/to/query.sql}}

• Execute a specific SQL command:

usql --command="{{sql_command}}"

• Run an SQL command in the usql prompt:

{{prompt}}=> {{command}}

• Display the database schema:

{{prompt}}=> \d

• Export query results to a specific file:

{{prompt}}=> \g {{path/to/file_with_results}}

• Import data from a CSV file into a specific table:

{{prompt}}=> \copy {{path/to/data.csv}} {{table_name}}