Dataform CLI reference
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This document describes commands of the open source Dataform command line interface (CLI).

Dataform CLI commands

The open-source Dataform CLI provides commands to initialize, compile, test, and run Dataform core locally, outside of Google Cloud.

Dataform CLI command	Description
`dataform help`	Shows help for all Dataform CLI commands.
`dataform help [command]`	Shows help for the specified command.
`dataform init [project-dir]`	Creates a new Dataform project.
`dataform install [project-dir]`	Installs NPM dependencies for the specified Dataform project.
`dataform init-creds [project-dir]`	Creates a `.df-credentials.json` file for Dataform to use when accessing Google Cloud APIs.
`dataform compile [project-dir]`	Compiles the specified Dataform project. Produces JSON output describing the non-executable graph.
`dataform test [project-dir]`	Runs the specified Dataform project's unit tests on BigQuery.
`dataform run [project-dir]`	Runs the specified Dataform project's scripts on BigQuery.
`dataform format [project-dir]`	Formats the specified Dataform project's files.
`--help`	Shows help [boolean].
`--version`	Shows the version number of the Dataform CLI [boolean].