Specify the SOQL query at the command line with the –query flag or read the query from a file with the –file flag.
If your query returns more than 10,000 records, prefer to use the sf data export bulk command instead. It runs the query using Bulk API 2.0, which has higher limits than the default API used by the command.
Aliases for data query
force:data:soql:query
Flags
Flag Name (Long)
Flag Name (Short)
Description
‑‑all‑rows
N/A
Type: Boolean
Include deleted records. By default, deleted records are not returned.
‑‑api‑version
N/A
Type: Value
Override the api version used for api requests made by this command
‑‑file
‑f
Type: Value
File that contains the SOQL query.
‑‑flags‑dir
N/A
Type: Value
Import flag values from a directory.
‑‑json
N/A
Type: Boolean
Format output as json.
‑‑output‑file
N/A
Type: Value
File where records are written; only CSV and JSON output formats are supported.
‑‑query
‑q
Type: Value
SOQL query to execute.
‑‑result‑format
‑r
Type: Value Valid Values:human, csv, json Default value:human
Format to display the results; the –json flag overrides this flag.
‑‑target‑org
‑o
Type: Value Required
Username or alias of the target org. Not required if the target-org configuration variable is already set.
‑‑use‑tooling‑api
‑t
Type: Boolean
Use Tooling API so you can run queries on Tooling API objects.
Examples for data query
Specify a SOQL query at the command line; the command uses your default org:
1sf data query --query "SELECT Id, Name, Account.Name FROM Contact"
Read the SOQL query from a file called “query.txt” and write the CSV-formatted output to a file; the command uses the org with alias “my-scratch”: