title: "mssql-cli | Microsoft Docs" description: 'mssql-cli is an interactive command line query tool for SQL Server that runs on Windows, macOS, or Linux.' ms.custom: "tools|mssql-cli" ms.date: "02/22/2018" ms.prod: sql ms.reviewer: "alayu; sstein" ms.suite: "sql" ms.prod_service: sql-tools ms.component: mssql-cli ms.tgt_pltfrm: "" ms.topic: conceptual author: "stevestein" ms.author: "sstein" manager: craigg monikerRange: "=azuresqldb-current||=azure-sqldw-latest||>=sql-server-2016||=sqlallproducts-allversions||>=sql-server-linux-2017"
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mssql-cli is an interactive command-line tool for querying SQL Server, install it on Windows, macOS, or Linux.
For detailed installation instructions, see the Installation Guide, or if you know pip, install by running the following command:
$ pip install mssql-cli
Documentation for mssql-cli is located in the mssql-cli GitHub repository.
Additional documentation is located in the doc folder.