html_url,issue_url,id,node_id,user,user_label,created_at,updated_at,author_association,body,reactions,issue,issue_label,performed_via_github_app
https://github.com/simonw/sqlite-utils/issues/539#issuecomment-1537507394,https://api.github.com/repos/simonw/sqlite-utils/issues/539,1537507394,IC_kwDOCGYnMM5bpIBC,9599,simonw,2023-05-07T18:08:44Z,2023-05-07T18:08:44Z,OWNER,"Prototype:
```diff
diff --git a/docs/cli-reference.rst b/docs/cli-reference.rst
index 153e5f9..c830518 100644
--- a/docs/cli-reference.rst
+++ b/docs/cli-reference.rst
@@ -124,6 +124,7 @@ See :ref:`cli_query`.
       --json-cols                 Detect JSON cols and output them as JSON, not
                                   escaped strings
       -r, --raw                   Raw output, first column of first row
+      --raw-lines                 Raw output, first column of each row
       -p, --param <TEXT TEXT>...  Named :parameters for SQL query
       --functions TEXT            Python code defining one or more custom SQL
                                   functions
@@ -192,6 +193,7 @@ See :ref:`cli_memory`.
       --json-cols                 Detect JSON cols and output them as JSON, not
                                   escaped strings
       -r, --raw                   Raw output, first column of first row
+      --raw-lines                 Raw output, first column of each row
       -p, --param <TEXT TEXT>...  Named :parameters for SQL query
       --encoding TEXT             Character encoding for CSV input, defaults to
                                   utf-8
diff --git a/sqlite_utils/cli.py b/sqlite_utils/cli.py
index d25b1df..da0e4b6 100644
--- a/sqlite_utils/cli.py
+++ b/sqlite_utils/cli.py
@@ -1653,6 +1653,7 @@ def drop_view(path, view, ignore, load_extension):
 )
 @output_options
 @click.option(""-r"", ""--raw"", is_flag=True, help=""Raw output, first column of first row"")
+@click.option(""--raw-lines"", is_flag=True, help=""Raw output, first column of each row"")
 @click.option(
     ""-p"",
     ""--param"",
@@ -1677,6 +1678,7 @@ def query(
     fmt,
     json_cols,
     raw,
+    raw_lines,
     param,
     load_extension,
     functions,
@@ -1700,7 +1702,19 @@ def query(
         _register_functions(db, functions)
 
     _execute_query(
-        db, sql, param, raw, table, csv, tsv, no_headers, fmt, nl, arrays, json_cols
+        db,
+        sql,
+        param,
+        raw,
+        raw_lines,
+        table,
+        csv,
+        tsv,
+        no_headers,
+        fmt,
+        nl,
+        arrays,
+        json_cols,
     )
 
 
@@ -1728,6 +1742,7 @@ def query(
 )
 @output_options
 @click.option(""-r"", ""--raw"", is_flag=True, help=""Raw output, first column of first row"")
+@click.option(""--raw-lines"", is_flag=True, help=""Raw output, first column of each row"")
 @click.option(
     ""-p"",
     ""--param"",
@@ -1773,6 +1788,7 @@ def memory(
     fmt,
     json_cols,
     raw,
+    raw_lines,
     param,
     encoding,
     no_detect_types,
@@ -1879,12 +1895,36 @@ def memory(
         _register_functions(db, functions)
 
     _execute_query(
-        db, sql, param, raw, table, csv, tsv, no_headers, fmt, nl, arrays, json_cols
+        db,
+        sql,
+        param,
+        raw,
+        raw_lines,
+        table,
+        csv,
+        tsv,
+        no_headers,
+        fmt,
+        nl,
+        arrays,
+        json_cols,
     )
 
 
 def _execute_query(
-    db, sql, param, raw, table, csv, tsv, no_headers, fmt, nl, arrays, json_cols
+    db,
+    sql,
+    param,
+    raw,
+    raw_lines,
+    table,
+    csv,
+    tsv,
+    no_headers,
+    fmt,
+    nl,
+    arrays,
+    json_cols,
 ):
     with db.conn:
         try:
@@ -1903,6 +1943,13 @@ def _execute_query(
                 sys.stdout.buffer.write(data)
             else:
                 sys.stdout.write(str(data))
+        elif raw_lines:
+            for row in cursor:
+                data = row[0]
+                if isinstance(data, bytes):
+                    sys.stdout.buffer.write(data + b""\n"")
+                else:
+                    sys.stdout.write(str(data) + ""\n"")
         elif fmt or table:
             print(
                 tabulate.tabulate(
```
Needs tests and more documentation.","{""total_count"": 0, ""+1"": 0, ""-1"": 0, ""laugh"": 0, ""hooray"": 0, ""confused"": 0, ""heart"": 0, ""rocket"": 0, ""eyes"": 0}",1699174055,"`--raw-lines` option, like `--raw` for multiple lines",
https://github.com/simonw/sqlite-utils/issues/539#issuecomment-1537507525,https://api.github.com/repos/simonw/sqlite-utils/issues/539,1537507525,IC_kwDOCGYnMM5bpIDF,9599,simonw,2023-05-07T18:09:09Z,2023-05-07T18:09:09Z,OWNER,"I'm tempted to upgrade `--raw` to do this instead, but that would be a breaking change.","{""total_count"": 0, ""+1"": 0, ""-1"": 0, ""laugh"": 0, ""hooray"": 0, ""confused"": 0, ""heart"": 0, ""rocket"": 0, ""eyes"": 0}",1699174055,"`--raw-lines` option, like `--raw` for multiple lines",
https://github.com/simonw/sqlite-utils/issues/539#issuecomment-1537507676,https://api.github.com/repos/simonw/sqlite-utils/issues/539,1537507676,IC_kwDOCGYnMM5bpIFc,9599,simonw,2023-05-07T18:09:43Z,2023-05-07T18:09:54Z,OWNER,"This worked:

```bash
sqlite-utils memory /tmp/books3.json:nl \
  'select name from books3' --raw-lines > titles.txt
```","{""total_count"": 0, ""+1"": 0, ""-1"": 0, ""laugh"": 0, ""hooray"": 0, ""confused"": 0, ""heart"": 0, ""rocket"": 0, ""eyes"": 0}",1699174055,"`--raw-lines` option, like `--raw` for multiple lines",
https://github.com/simonw/sqlite-utils/issues/539#issuecomment-1537514610,https://api.github.com/repos/simonw/sqlite-utils/issues/539,1537514610,IC_kwDOCGYnMM5bpJxy,9599,simonw,2023-05-07T18:43:24Z,2023-05-07T18:43:24Z,OWNER,"Documentation:
- https://sqlite-utils.datasette.io/en/latest/cli.html#returning-raw-data-such-as-binary-content
- https://sqlite-utils.datasette.io/en/latest/cli-reference.html#query
- https://sqlite-utils.datasette.io/en/latest/cli-reference.html#memory","{""total_count"": 0, ""+1"": 0, ""-1"": 0, ""laugh"": 0, ""hooray"": 0, ""confused"": 0, ""heart"": 0, ""rocket"": 0, ""eyes"": 0}",1699174055,"`--raw-lines` option, like `--raw` for multiple lines",