From 1091a9cbd804504efa8e1126226759e736e3ccdf Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Simon Willison Date: Fri, 18 Jun 2021 20:14:12 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] Add sqlite-utils memory to the README, refs #272 --- README.md | 6 +++++- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 8c1b4ab..4c738ab 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -57,7 +57,11 @@ You can import JSON data into a new database table like this: Or for data in a CSV file: - $ sqlite-utils insert dogs.db dogs docs.csv --csv + $ sqlite-utils insert dogs.db dogs dogs.csv --csv + +`sqlite-utils memory` lets you import CSV or JSON data into an in-memory database and run SQL queries against it in a single command: + + $ cat dogs.csv | sqlite-utils memory - "select name, age from dogs" See the [full CLI documentation](https://sqlite-utils.datasette.io/en/stable/cli.html) for comprehensive coverage of many more commands.