{"html_url": "https://github.com/simonw/sqlite-utils/issues/539#issuecomment-1537507394", "issue_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/simonw/sqlite-utils/issues/539", "id": 1537507394, "node_id": "IC_kwDOCGYnMM5bpIBC", "user": {"value": 9599, "label": "simonw"}, "created_at": "2023-05-07T18:08:44Z", "updated_at": "2023-05-07T18:08:44Z", "author_association": "OWNER", "body": "Prototype:\r\n```diff\r\ndiff --git a/docs/cli-reference.rst b/docs/cli-reference.rst\r\nindex 153e5f9..c830518 100644\r\n--- a/docs/cli-reference.rst\r\n+++ b/docs/cli-reference.rst\r\n@@ -124,6 +124,7 @@ See :ref:`cli_query`.\r\n       --json-cols                 Detect JSON cols and output them as JSON, not\r\n                                   escaped strings\r\n       -r, --raw                   Raw output, first column of first row\r\n+      --raw-lines                 Raw output, first column of each row\r\n       -p, --param <TEXT TEXT>...  Named :parameters for SQL query\r\n       --functions TEXT            Python code defining one or more custom SQL\r\n                                   functions\r\n@@ -192,6 +193,7 @@ See :ref:`cli_memory`.\r\n       --json-cols                 Detect JSON cols and output them as JSON, not\r\n                                   escaped strings\r\n       -r, --raw                   Raw output, first column of first row\r\n+      --raw-lines                 Raw output, first column of each row\r\n       -p, --param <TEXT TEXT>...  Named :parameters for SQL query\r\n       --encoding TEXT             Character encoding for CSV input, defaults to\r\n                                   utf-8\r\ndiff --git a/sqlite_utils/cli.py b/sqlite_utils/cli.py\r\nindex d25b1df..da0e4b6 100644\r\n--- a/sqlite_utils/cli.py\r\n+++ b/sqlite_utils/cli.py\r\n@@ -1653,6 +1653,7 @@ def drop_view(path, view, ignore, load_extension):\r\n )\r\n @output_options\r\n @click.option(\"-r\", \"--raw\", is_flag=True, help=\"Raw output, first column of first row\")\r\n+@click.option(\"--raw-lines\", is_flag=True, help=\"Raw output, first column of each row\")\r\n @click.option(\r\n     \"-p\",\r\n     \"--param\",\r\n@@ -1677,6 +1678,7 @@ def query(\r\n     fmt,\r\n     json_cols,\r\n     raw,\r\n+    raw_lines,\r\n     param,\r\n     load_extension,\r\n     functions,\r\n@@ -1700,7 +1702,19 @@ def query(\r\n         _register_functions(db, functions)\r\n \r\n     _execute_query(\r\n-        db, sql, param, raw, table, csv, tsv, no_headers, fmt, nl, arrays, json_cols\r\n+        db,\r\n+        sql,\r\n+        param,\r\n+        raw,\r\n+        raw_lines,\r\n+        table,\r\n+        csv,\r\n+        tsv,\r\n+        no_headers,\r\n+        fmt,\r\n+        nl,\r\n+        arrays,\r\n+        json_cols,\r\n     )\r\n \r\n \r\n@@ -1728,6 +1742,7 @@ def query(\r\n )\r\n @output_options\r\n @click.option(\"-r\", \"--raw\", is_flag=True, help=\"Raw output, first column of first row\")\r\n+@click.option(\"--raw-lines\", is_flag=True, help=\"Raw output, first column of each row\")\r\n @click.option(\r\n     \"-p\",\r\n     \"--param\",\r\n@@ -1773,6 +1788,7 @@ def memory(\r\n     fmt,\r\n     json_cols,\r\n     raw,\r\n+    raw_lines,\r\n     param,\r\n     encoding,\r\n     no_detect_types,\r\n@@ -1879,12 +1895,36 @@ def memory(\r\n         _register_functions(db, functions)\r\n \r\n     _execute_query(\r\n-        db, sql, param, raw, table, csv, tsv, no_headers, fmt, nl, arrays, json_cols\r\n+        db,\r\n+        sql,\r\n+        param,\r\n+        raw,\r\n+        raw_lines,\r\n+        table,\r\n+        csv,\r\n+        tsv,\r\n+        no_headers,\r\n+        fmt,\r\n+        nl,\r\n+        arrays,\r\n+        json_cols,\r\n     )\r\n \r\n \r\n def _execute_query(\r\n-    db, sql, param, raw, table, csv, tsv, no_headers, fmt, nl, arrays, json_cols\r\n+    db,\r\n+    sql,\r\n+    param,\r\n+    raw,\r\n+    raw_lines,\r\n+    table,\r\n+    csv,\r\n+    tsv,\r\n+    no_headers,\r\n+    fmt,\r\n+    nl,\r\n+    arrays,\r\n+    json_cols,\r\n ):\r\n     with db.conn:\r\n         try:\r\n@@ -1903,6 +1943,13 @@ def _execute_query(\r\n                 sys.stdout.buffer.write(data)\r\n             else:\r\n                 sys.stdout.write(str(data))\r\n+        elif raw_lines:\r\n+            for row in cursor:\r\n+                data = row[0]\r\n+                if isinstance(data, bytes):\r\n+                    sys.stdout.buffer.write(data + b\"\\n\")\r\n+                else:\r\n+                    sys.stdout.write(str(data) + \"\\n\")\r\n         elif fmt or table:\r\n             print(\r\n                 tabulate.tabulate(\r\n```\r\nNeeds tests and more documentation.", "reactions": "{\"total_count\": 0, \"+1\": 0, \"-1\": 0, \"laugh\": 0, \"hooray\": 0, \"confused\": 0, \"heart\": 0, \"rocket\": 0, \"eyes\": 0}", "issue": {"value": 1699174055, "label": "`--raw-lines` option, like `--raw` for multiple lines"}, "performed_via_github_app": null}
{"html_url": "https://github.com/simonw/sqlite-utils/issues/539#issuecomment-1537507525", "issue_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/simonw/sqlite-utils/issues/539", "id": 1537507525, "node_id": "IC_kwDOCGYnMM5bpIDF", "user": {"value": 9599, "label": "simonw"}, "created_at": "2023-05-07T18:09:09Z", "updated_at": "2023-05-07T18:09:09Z", "author_association": "OWNER", "body": "I'm tempted to upgrade `--raw` to do this instead, but that would be a breaking change.", "reactions": "{\"total_count\": 0, \"+1\": 0, \"-1\": 0, \"laugh\": 0, \"hooray\": 0, \"confused\": 0, \"heart\": 0, \"rocket\": 0, \"eyes\": 0}", "issue": {"value": 1699174055, "label": "`--raw-lines` option, like `--raw` for multiple lines"}, "performed_via_github_app": null}
{"html_url": "https://github.com/simonw/sqlite-utils/issues/539#issuecomment-1537507676", "issue_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/simonw/sqlite-utils/issues/539", "id": 1537507676, "node_id": "IC_kwDOCGYnMM5bpIFc", "user": {"value": 9599, "label": "simonw"}, "created_at": "2023-05-07T18:09:43Z", "updated_at": "2023-05-07T18:09:54Z", "author_association": "OWNER", "body": "This worked:\r\n\r\n```bash\r\nsqlite-utils memory /tmp/books3.json:nl \\\r\n  'select name from books3' --raw-lines > titles.txt\r\n```", "reactions": "{\"total_count\": 0, \"+1\": 0, \"-1\": 0, \"laugh\": 0, \"hooray\": 0, \"confused\": 0, \"heart\": 0, \"rocket\": 0, \"eyes\": 0}", "issue": {"value": 1699174055, "label": "`--raw-lines` option, like `--raw` for multiple lines"}, "performed_via_github_app": null}
{"html_url": "https://github.com/simonw/sqlite-utils/issues/539#issuecomment-1537514610", "issue_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/simonw/sqlite-utils/issues/539", "id": 1537514610, "node_id": "IC_kwDOCGYnMM5bpJxy", "user": {"value": 9599, "label": "simonw"}, "created_at": "2023-05-07T18:43:24Z", "updated_at": "2023-05-07T18:43:24Z", "author_association": "OWNER", "body": "Documentation:\r\n- https://sqlite-utils.datasette.io/en/latest/cli.html#returning-raw-data-such-as-binary-content\r\n- https://sqlite-utils.datasette.io/en/latest/cli-reference.html#query\r\n- https://sqlite-utils.datasette.io/en/latest/cli-reference.html#memory", "reactions": "{\"total_count\": 0, \"+1\": 0, \"-1\": 0, \"laugh\": 0, \"hooray\": 0, \"confused\": 0, \"heart\": 0, \"rocket\": 0, \"eyes\": 0}", "issue": {"value": 1699174055, "label": "`--raw-lines` option, like `--raw` for multiple lines"}, "performed_via_github_app": null}