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@ -142,6 +142,17 @@ You can use the ``--fmt`` (or ``-f``) option to specify different table formats,
For a full list of table format options, run ``sqlite-utils query --help``.
.. _cli_query_raw:
Returning raw data from a query, such as binary content
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If your table contains binary data in a ``BLOB`` you can use the ``--raw`` option to output specific columns directly to standard out.
For example, to retrieve a binary image from a ``BLOB`` column and store it in a file you can use the following::
$ sqlite-utils photos.db "select contents from photos where id=1" --raw > myphoto.jpg
.. _cli_rows:
Returning all rows in a table