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title: influx v1 shell
description: >
  The `influx v1 shell` subcommand starts an InfluxQL shell (REPL).
menu:
  influxdb_v2:
    name: influx v1 shell
    parent: influx v1
weight: 101
influxdb/v2/tags: [InfluxQL]
related:
  - /influxdb/v2/reference/cli/influx/#provide-required-authentication-credentials, influx CLI—Provide required authentication credentials
  - /influxdb/v2/reference/cli/influx/#flag-patterns-and-conventions, influx CLI—Flag patterns and conventions
  - /influxdb/v2/query-data/influxql/
  - /influxdb/v2/tools/influxql-shell/
metadata: [influx CLI 2.4.0+, InfluxDB 2.0.1+]
source: /shared/influxdb-v2/reference/cli/influx/v1/shell.md
---

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