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title: Command Line
---

On Linux and macOS, DuckDB v1.5.0 has a known issue that the [command line client]({% link docs/current/clients/cli/overview.md %}) does not interpret piped scripts ([#21243](https://github.com/duckdb/duckdb/issues/21243)).

To demonstrate the problem, create a `test.sql` file:

```bash
echo "SELECT 42 AS x;" > test.sql
```

Piping the file to the DuckDB 1.5.0 CLI client does not run the script:

```bash
duckdb < test.sql
# does not run the script
```

To work around this, add `| cat` to the end of the call:

```bash
duckdb < test.sql | cat
```

```text
┌───────┐
│   x   │
│ int32 │
├───────┤
│    42 │
└───────┘
```

If you are piping from a file, you can also use the [`-f` argument]({% link docs/current/clients/cli/arguments.md %}):

```bash
duckdb -f test.sql
```

```text
┌───────┐
│   x   │
│ int32 │
├───────┤
│    42 │
└───────┘
```