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Export a BigQuery table to a CSV file in Cloud Storage

command

bq extract DATASET.TABLE gs://BUCKET/export.csv

also accepted

bq extractbq extract DATASET.TABLE

Command breakdown

Part of the BigQuery CLI (bq) — BigQuery category.

bqextractDATASET.TABLEgs://BUCKET/export.csv

More BigQuery commands

List all datasets in the current BigQuery projectbq ls
Create a new BigQuery datasetbq mk DATASET_NAME
Display schema and metadata for a BigQuery tablebq show DATASET.TABLE
Run a BigQuery query using standard SQL (GoogleSQL)bq query --use_legacy_sql=false 'SELECT * FROM DATASET.TABLE'
Load a CSV file from Cloud Storage into a BigQuery table using a schema filebq load DATASET.TABLE gs://BUCKET/FILE.csv SCHEMA.json
Delete a BigQuery table without prompting for confirmationbq rm -f DATASET.TABLE
Display the first rows of a BigQuery tablebq head DATASET.TABLE
Copy a BigQuery table to a new destination tablebq cp SOURCE_DATASET.SOURCE_TABLE DEST_DATASET.DEST_TABLE

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