---
title: Run a SQL query passed through stdin
description: ```
echo "SHOW PROCESSLIST" | sqleton run --fields Id,User,Host -
```

doc_version: 1
last_updated: 2026-07-02
---

You can pass queries into `sqleton run` by passing "-" as filename.

```
❯ echo "SHOW PROCESSLIST" | sqleton run --fields Id,User,Host -
+----------+-------------------+-------------------+
| Id       | User              | Host              |
+----------+-------------------+-------------------+
| 39636346 | ttc_analytics_dev | 172.31.20.6:40120 |
+----------+-------------------+-------------------+
```