cqlsh(1)

📦 version 0.5.18, in nixpkgs unstable

cqlsh(1) 🦋 General Commands Manual 💅

okay so bestie, this is the cqlsh(1) page from the General Commands Manual, and it's giving “Rust girlie does Cassandra shell” energy. Let's get into it. ✨

💖 NAME 💖

  • cqlsh — A Rust re-implementation of the Apache Cassandra cqlsh shell. no cap, that's literally the name line. 🫶

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

cqlsh [-C|--color] [--no-color] [--browser] [--ssl] [--no-file-io]
[--debug] [-e|--execute] [-f|--file] [-k|--keyspace] [-u|--username]
[-p|--password] [--connect-timeout] [--request-timeout] [-t|--tty]
[--encoding] [--cqlshrc] [--cqlversion] [--protocol-version]
[--consistency-level] [--serial-consistency-level] [--no_compact]
[--disable-history] [-b|--secure-connect-bundle] [--completions]
[-h|--help] [-V|--version] [host] [port]

🎀 DESCRIPTION 🎀

The Apache Cassandra interactive CQL shell (Rust implementation). periodt. 💖

It connects to a Cassandra cluster and provides an interactive shell for executing CQL statements. iconic behavior, honestly. 🦋

✨ OPTIONS ✨

  • -C, --color — Force colored output. yes bestie, make it cute on purpose. 🌈
  • --no-color — Disable colored output. plain-text vibe check. 💅
  • --browser <BROWSER> — Browser for CQL HELP (unused in modern cqlsh). ngl, it's a little legacy-era. 🙈
  • --ssl — Enable SSL/TLS connection. secure little main character. 🔥
  • --no-file-io — Disable file I/O commands (COPY, SOURCE, CAPTURE). no file side quests. 💀
  • --debug — Show additional debug info. detective mode activated. 🔍
  • -e, --execute <STATEMENT> — Execute a CQL statement and exit. one-and-done energy. ⭐
  • -f, --file <FILE> — Execute statements from a file. batch bestie. 🍓
  • -k, --keyspace <KEYSPACE> — Default keyspace. set the scene. 🎀
  • -u, --username <USERNAME> — Authentication username. who dis. 💜
  • -p, --password <PASSWORD> — Authentication password. 🤫
  • --connect-timeout <SECONDS> — Connection timeout in seconds. don't wait forever, queen. ⏳
  • --request-timeout <SECONDS> — Per-request timeout in seconds. each request gets its little clock. 🕰️
  • -t, --tty — Force TTY mode. terminal girlie mode. 💻
  • --encoding <ENCODING> — Set character encoding (default: utf-8). 🌸
  • --cqlshrc <FILE> — Path to cqlshrc file (default: ~/.cassandra/cqlshrc). config cutie. 🎀
  • --cqlversion <VERSION> — CQL version to use. pick your CQL era. ✨
  • --protocol-version <VERSION> — Native protocol version. protocol vibe check. 🦋
  • --consistency-level <LEVEL> — Initial consistency level. 🌟
  • --serial-consistency-level <LEVEL> — Initial serial consistency level. 💫
  • --no_compact — Disable compact storage interpretation. yes, the underscore is part of it, don't come for me. 💅
  • --disable-history — Disable saving of command history. your secrets stay unarchived. 🙈
  • -b, --secure-connect-bundle <BUNDLE> — Secure connect bundle for Astra DB. Astra bb, this one's for you. 🚀
  • --completions <SHELL> — Generate shell completion script for the given shell (bash, zsh, fish, elvish, powershell). autocomplete slay. ✨
    • bash
    • elvish
    • fish
    • powershell
    • zsh
  • -h, --help — Print help (see a summary with -h). the classic. 🫶
  • -V, --version — Print version. 💖
  • [host] — Contact point hostname, IP address, or Unix domain socket path (default: 127.0.0.1). Unix sockets are Linux/macOS only. 🐧🍎
  • [port] — Native transport port (default: 9042). 🔌

🌈 VERSION 🌈

v0.5.18 — that's the version, bestie. 💖

okay bye queen, this page is cqlsh 0.5.18, and the footer vibe is literally cqlsh 0.5.18 / cqlsh(1) — xoxo, go run some CQL 💅✨

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