version

Note

This content describes the most recent release of the CodeQL CLI. For more information about this release, see https://github.com/github/codeql-cli-binaries/releases.

To see details of the options available for this command in an earlier release, run the command with the --help option in your terminal.

Synopsis

Shell

codeql version <options>...

codeql version <options>...

Description

Show the version of the CodeQL toolchain.

Options

Primary Options

`--format=<fmt>`

Select output format. Choices include text (default) ,terse, and json.

Common options

`-h, --help`

Show this help text.

`-J=<opt>`

[Advanced] Give option to the JVM running the command.

(Beware that options containing spaces will not be handled correctly.)

`-v, --verbose`

Incrementally increase the number of progress messages printed.

`-q, --quiet`

Incrementally decrease the number of progress messages printed.

`--verbosity=<level>`

[Advanced] Explicitly set the verbosity level to one of errors, warnings, progress, progress+, progress++, progress+++. Overrides -v and -q.

`--logdir=<dir>`

[Advanced] Write detailed logs to one or more files in the given directory, with generated names that include timestamps and the name of the running subcommand.

(To write a log file with a name you have full control over, instead give --log-to-stderr and redirect stderr as desired.)

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