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clickhouse-format utility

Allows formatting input queries.

Keys:

  • --help or-h — Produce help message.
  • --query — Format queries of any length and complexity.
  • --hilite or --highlight — Add syntax highlight with ANSI terminal escape sequences.
  • --oneline — Format in single line.
  • --max_line_length — Format in single line queries with length less than specified.
  • --comments — Keep comments in the output.
  • --quiet or -q — Just check syntax, no output on success.
  • --multiquery or -n — Allow multiple queries in the same file.
  • --obfuscate — Obfuscate instead of formatting.
  • --seed <string> — Seed arbitrary string that determines the result of obfuscation.
  • --backslash — Add a backslash at the end of each line of the formatted query. Can be useful when you copy a query from web or somewhere else with multiple lines, and want to execute it in command line.
  • --semicolons_inline — In multiquery mode, write semicolons on last line of query instead of a new line.

Examples {#examples}

  1. Formatting a query:
bash
$ clickhouse-format --query "select number from numbers(10) where number%2 order by number desc;"

Result:

bash
SELECT number
FROM numbers(10)
WHERE number % 2
ORDER BY number DESC
  1. Highlighting and single line:
bash
$ clickhouse-format --oneline --hilite <<< "SELECT sum(number) FROM numbers(5);"

Result:

sql
SELECT sum(number) FROM numbers(5)
  1. Multiqueries:
bash
$ clickhouse-format -n <<< "SELECT min(number) FROM numbers(5); SELECT max(number) FROM numbers(5);"

Result:

sql
SELECT min(number)
FROM numbers(5)
;

SELECT max(number)
FROM numbers(5)
;

  1. Obfuscating:
bash
$ clickhouse-format --seed Hello --obfuscate <<< "SELECT cost_first_screen BETWEEN a AND b, CASE WHEN x >= 123 THEN y ELSE NULL END;"

Result:

sql
SELECT treasury_mammoth_hazelnut BETWEEN nutmeg AND span, CASE WHEN chive >= 116 THEN switching ELSE ANYTHING END;

Same query and another seed string:

bash
$ clickhouse-format --seed World --obfuscate <<< "SELECT cost_first_screen BETWEEN a AND b, CASE WHEN x >= 123 THEN y ELSE NULL END;"

Result:

sql
SELECT horse_tape_summer BETWEEN folklore AND moccasins, CASE WHEN intestine >= 116 THEN nonconformist ELSE FORESTRY END;
  1. Adding backslash:
bash
$ clickhouse-format --backslash <<< "SELECT * FROM (SELECT 1 AS x UNION ALL SELECT 1 UNION DISTINCT SELECT 3);"

Result:

sql
SELECT * \
FROM  \
( \
    SELECT 1 AS x \
    UNION ALL \
    SELECT 1 \
    UNION DISTINCT \
    SELECT 3 \
)