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title: shell
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- stackql
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- stackql
- stackql-deploy
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- configuration-as-data
description: Documentation for the shell command in StackQL Deploy
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# <span className="docFieldHeading">`shell`</span>
Command used to launch the StackQL interactive shell.
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## Syntax
<code>stackql-deploy <span className="docFieldHeading">shell</span> [FLAGS]</code>
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The `shell` command launches the interactive StackQL shell. The `stackql` binary must be available in your `PATH` or will be downloaded automatically.
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## Examples
### Launch the StackQL shell
```bash
stackql-deploy shell
```