trinodb/trino

CLI: accept repeated `--file` option and run all the files sequentially

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#27,532 opened on Dec 2, 2025

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Description

allow usage like this

trino --catalog iceberg --schema default --file ddls.sql --file inserts.sql

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Research direction
Investigate how Trino's CLI handles command line arguments using Picocli, and modify the file option to accept multiple values, then iterate over each file to execute SQL sequentially.
Tech stack
java
Domain
clibackend
Issue type
Feature
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2
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1-3 hours
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Active
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Clear
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JavaGit
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75