mssql-cli is an interactive command-line tool for querying SQL Server, install it on Windows, macOS, or Linux.

To download mssqli-cli package , download and install python on the OS. The latest Python installation package can be downloaded from here

Once Python is installed successfully, open command prompt with elevated permissions and run the below command

pip install mssql-cli

For detailed installation instructions, see the Installation Guide.

C:\>curl https://bootstrap.pypa.io/get-pip.py -o get-pip.py
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C:\>pip install mssql-cli
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You are using pip version 9.0.3, however version 10.0.1 is available.
You should consider upgrading via the 'python -m pip install --upgrade pip' command.

Usage Guide is available on git hub.