clickhouse-format

Allows formatting input queries.

Keys:

  • --help or-h — Produce help message.
  • --hilite — Add syntax highlight with ANSI terminal escape sequences.
  • --oneline — Format in single line.
  • --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.

Examples

  1. Highlighting and single line:
  1. $ clickhouse-format --oneline --hilite <<< "SELECT sum(number) FROM numbers(5);"

Result:

  1. SELECT sum(number) FROM numbers(5)
  1. Multiqueries:
  1. $ clickhouse-format -n <<< "SELECT * FROM (SELECT 1 AS x UNION ALL SELECT 1 UNION DISTINCT SELECT 3);"

Result:

  1. SELECT *
  2. FROM
  3. (
  4. SELECT 1 AS x
  5. UNION ALL
  6. SELECT 1
  7. UNION DISTINCT
  8. SELECT 3
  9. )
  10. ;
  1. Obfuscating:
  1. $ clickhouse-format --seed Hello --obfuscate <<< "SELECT cost_first_screen BETWEEN a AND b, CASE WHEN x >= 123 THEN y ELSE NULL END;"

Result:

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

Same query and another seed string:

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

Result:

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

Result:

  1. SELECT * \
  2. FROM \
  3. ( \
  4. SELECT 1 AS x \
  5. UNION ALL \
  6. SELECT 1 \
  7. UNION DISTINCT \
  8. SELECT 3 \
  9. )