SQL Server 2022 : bcp Utility

	It's possible to import or export data between an instance and a file in a specified format with bcp (bulk copy program) utility.
[1]	To use [bcp] command which is included in [mssql-tools] package, it's possible to copy data.

[root@dlp ~]#  sqlcmd -S localhost -U SA -Q 'select name,create_date from sys.databases' Password: name create_date ---------------------------- ----------------------- master 2003-04-08 09:13:36.390 tempdb 2023-11-29 08:56:33.530 model 2003-04-08 09:13:36.390 msdb 2023-10-30 16:52:55.553 SampleDB 2023-11-29 09:21:26.583 SampleDB2 2023-11-29 09:21:52.470 (6 rows affected) # export data from [Sample_Table] in [SampleDB] to [test.txt] with character data type [root@dlp ~]#  bcp SampleDB.dbo.Sample_Table out test.txt -c -t, -S localhost -U SA Password: Starting copy... 3 rows copied. Network packet size (bytes): 4096 Clock Time (ms.) Total : 1 Average : (3000.0 rows per sec.) [root@dlp ~]#  cat test.txt 00001,RedHat,Linux,2023-11-30 00002,Debian,Linux,2023-11-29 00003,Ubuntu,Linux,2023-11-29 # for other options [root@dlp ~]#  bcp -h usage: bcp {dbtable | query} {in | out | queryout | format} datafile [-m maxerrors] [-f formatfile] [-e errfile] [-F firstrow] [-L lastrow] [-b batchsize] [-n native type] [-c character type] [-w wide character type] [-N keep non-text native] [-q quoted identifier] [-t field terminator] [-r row terminator] [-a packetsize] [-K application intent] [-S server name or DSN if -D provided] [-D treat -S as DSN] [-U username] [-P password or tokenfile] [-T trusted connection] [-v version] [-R regional enable] [-k keep null values] [-E keep identity values][-G Azure Active Directory Authentication] [-h "load hints"] [-d database name]