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title: influx query – Execute queries from the influx CLI
description: >
  The 'influx query' command executes a literal Flux query provided as a string
  or a literal Flux query contained in a file by specifying the file prefixed with an '@' sign.
menu:
  v2_0_ref:
    name: influx query
    parent: influx
    weight: 1
---

The `influx query` command executes a literal Flux query provided as a string
or a literal Flux query contained in a file by specifying the file prefixed with an `@` sign.

## Usage
```
influx query [query literal or @/path/to/query.flux] [flags]
```

## Flags
| Flag           | Description                | Input type |
|:----           |:-----------                |:----------:|
| `-h`, `--help` | Help for the query command |            |
| `--org-id`     | The organization ID        | string     |

## Global flags
| Global flag     | Description                                                | Input type |
|:-----------     |:-----------                                                |:----------:|
| `--host`        | HTTP address of InfluxDB (default `http://localhost:9999`) | string     |
| `--local`       | Run commands locally against the filesystem                |            |
| `-t`, `--token` | API token to be used throughout client calls               | string     |