Output Formats

Use .mode <format> (or --mode <format> on startup) to control how query results are displayed.

TurboLynx >> .mode box
Output mode: box

With no argument, .mode prints the current format.

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table (default)

ASCII table with dashes and pipes. Column widths auto-fit content.

TurboLynx >> .mode table
TurboLynx >> MATCH (n:Person) RETURN n.firstName, n.age LIMIT 3;
+-----------+-----+
| firstName | age |
+-----------+-----+
| Alice     | 30  |
| Bob       | 25  |
| Carol     | 42  |
+-----------+-----+

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box

Unicode box-drawing border (┌─┬─┐ style). Visually cleaner than table.

TurboLynx >> .mode box
TurboLynx >> MATCH (n:Person) RETURN n.firstName, n.age LIMIT 3;
┌───────────┬─────┐
│ firstName │ age │
├───────────┼─────┤
│ Alice     │ 30  │
│ Bob       │ 25  │
│ Carol     │ 42  │
└───────────┴─────┘

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column

Whitespace-aligned columns, no borders. Suitable for terminal pipelines.

TurboLynx >> .mode column
firstName  age
---------  ---
Alice      30
Bob        25
Carol      42

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csv

RFC 4180 comma-separated values with a header row. Use .separator to change the delimiter.

TurboLynx >> .mode csv
firstName,age
Alice,30
Bob,25
Carol,42

Redirect to a file:

TurboLynx >> .output result.csv
TurboLynx >> MATCH (n:Person) RETURN n.firstName, n.age;
TurboLynx >> .output

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tabs

Tab-separated values (TSV). Equivalent to .mode csv + .separator \t.

TurboLynx >> .mode tabs
firstName   age
Alice   30
Bob 25

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list

Delimiter-separated values using .separator (default |). No quoting.

TurboLynx >> .mode list
TurboLynx >> .separator |
firstName|age
Alice|30
Bob|25

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json

Results as a JSON array of objects. Each row is one object; keys are column names.

TurboLynx >> .mode json
[{"firstName":"Alice","age":30},{"firstName":"Bob","age":25},{"firstName":"Carol","age":42}]

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jsonlines

Newline-delimited JSON (NDJSON). One JSON object per line — ideal for streaming pipelines.

TurboLynx >> .mode jsonlines
{"firstName":"Alice","age":30}
{"firstName":"Bob","age":25}
{"firstName":"Carol","age":42}

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line

Each column printed on its own line as column = value. Rows separated by a blank line. Useful for wide result sets.

TurboLynx >> .mode line
firstName = Alice
      age = 30

firstName = Bob
      age = 25

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markdown

GitHub-flavored Markdown table.

TurboLynx >> .mode markdown
| firstName | age |
|-----------|-----|
| Alice     | 30  |
| Bob       | 25  |
| Carol     | 42  |

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html

HTML <table> element with <th> headers and <td> cells.

TurboLynx >> .mode html
<table>
<tr><th>firstName</th><th>age</th></tr>
<tr><td>Alice</td><td>30</td></tr>
<tr><td>Bob</td><td>25</td></tr>
</table>

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latex

LaTeX tabular environment, ready to paste into a .tex document.

TurboLynx >> .mode latex
\begin{tabular}{ll}
\hline
firstName & age \\
\hline
Alice & 30 \\
Bob & 25 \\
\hline
\end{tabular}

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insert

Cypher-style INSERT INTO label VALUES (...) statements. Useful for generating load scripts. Set the label name with .mode insert <label> or via the insert_label setting.

TurboLynx >> .mode insert Person
INSERT INTO Person VALUES('Alice',30);
INSERT INTO Person VALUES('Bob',25);

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trash

Discards all output. Useful for benchmarking query execution without I/O overhead.

TurboLynx >> .mode trash
TurboLynx >> MATCH (n:Person) RETURN n;
-- (no output)
Time: compile 2.1 ms, execute 134.5 ms, total 136.6 ms

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Quick Reference

Mode	Description
table	ASCII table (default)
box	Unicode box-drawing table
column	Space-aligned columns, no borders
csv	Comma-separated values
tabs	Tab-separated values (TSV)
list	Delimiter-separated (configurable via .separator)
json	JSON array of objects
jsonlines	Newline-delimited JSON (NDJSON)
line	One column per line
markdown	Markdown table
html	HTML <table>
latex	LaTeX tabular
insert	INSERT INTO statements
trash	Discard output (benchmarking)