# shell

> The stackql shell command launches the interactive StackQL command shell for running queries and provider commands against your cloud and SaaS accounts.

Source: https://stackql.io/command-line-usage/shell

Command used to launch the interactive StackQL Command Shell.  For more information see [Using the Interactive StackQL Shell](/getting-started/using-stackql#using-the-stackql-interactive-shell).

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### Syntax

`stackql shell [flags]`

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### Flags

| Flag | Description |
|--|--|
|`-H` `--help`|Print help information|
|`-v` `--verbose`|Run queries in verbose mode with additional output sent to stdout, if the `-f` option is selected this additional logging information will be written to the output file along with the query results|
   
   
> see [Global Flags](/command-line-usage/global-flags) for additional options

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### Examples

Launch the StackQL shell, using a service account key file for authentication.
```shell
stackql shell --keyfilepath /tmp/stackql-demo.json
```