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influx - InfluxDB command line interface	influxdb_v1 name weight parent influx 10 Tools	v2 /influxdb/v2/reference/cli/influx/

The influx command line interface (CLI) provides an interactive shell for the HTTP API associated with influxd. It includes commands for writing and querying data, and managing many aspects of InfluxDB, including databases, organizations, users, and tasks.

Usage

influx [flags]

Flags

Flag	Description
-version	Display the version and exit
-url-prefix	Path to add to the URL after the host and port. Specifies a custom endpoint to connect to.
-host	HTTP address of InfluxDB (default: http://localhost:8086)
-port	Port to connect to
-socket	Unix socket to connect to
-database	Database to connect to the server
-password	Password to connect to the server. Leaving blank will prompt for password (--password '').
-username	Username to connect to the server
-ssl	Use https for requests
-unsafessl	Set this when connecting to the cluster using https
-execute	Execute command and quit
-type	Specify the query language for executing commands or when invoking the REPL: influxql or flux
-format	Specify the format of the server responses: json, csv, or column
-precision	Specify the format of the timestamp: rfc3339, h, m, s, ms, u or ns
-consistency	Set write consistency level: any, one, quorum, or all
-pretty	Turns on pretty print for JSON format
-import	Import a previous database export from file
-pps	Points per second the import will allow. The default is 0 and will not throttle importing.
-path	Path to file to import
-compressed	Set to true if the import file is compressed

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