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DuckDB can read multiple files of different types (CSV, Parquet, JSON files) at the same time using either the glob syntax, or by providing a list of files to read. See the combining schemas page for tips on reading files with different schemas.
CSV
Read all files with a name ending in .csv
in the folder dir
:
SELECT *
FROM 'dir/*.csv';
Read all files with a name ending in .csv
, two directories deep:
SELECT *
FROM '*/*/*.csv';
Read all files with a name ending in .csv
, at any depth in the folder dir
:
SELECT *
FROM 'dir/**/*.csv';
Read the CSV files flights1.csv
and flights2.csv
:
SELECT *
FROM read_csv(['flights1.csv', 'flights2.csv']);
Read the CSV files flights1.csv
and flights2.csv
, unifying schemas by name and outputting a filename
column:
SELECT *
FROM read_csv(['flights1.csv', 'flights2.csv'], union_by_name = true, filename = true);
Parquet
Read all files that match the glob pattern:
SELECT *
FROM 'test/*.parquet';
Read three Parquet files and treat them as a single table:
SELECT *
FROM read_parquet(['file1.parquet', 'file2.parquet', 'file3.parquet']);
Read all Parquet files from two specific folders:
SELECT *
FROM read_parquet(['folder1/*.parquet', 'folder2/*.parquet']);
Read all Parquet files that match the glob pattern at any depth:
SELECT *
FROM read_parquet('dir/**/*.parquet');
Multi-File Reads and Globs
DuckDB can also read a series of Parquet files and treat them as if they were a single table. Note that this only works if the Parquet files have the same schema. You can specify which Parquet files you want to read using a list parameter, glob pattern matching syntax, or a combination of both.
List Parameter
The read_parquet
function can accept a list of filenames as the input parameter.
Read three Parquet files and treat them as a single table:
SELECT *
FROM read_parquet(['file1.parquet', 'file2.parquet', 'file3.parquet']);
Glob Syntax
Any file name input to the read_parquet
function can either be an exact filename, or use a glob syntax to read multiple files that match a pattern.
Wildcard | Description |
---|---|
* |
matches any number of any characters (including none) |
** |
matches any number of subdirectories (including none) |
? |
matches any single character |
[abc] |
matches one character given in the bracket |
[a-z] |
matches one character from the range given in the bracket |
Note that the ?
wildcard in globs is not supported for reads over S3 due to HTTP encoding issues.
Here is an example that reads all the files that end with .parquet
located in the test
folder:
Read all files that match the glob pattern:
SELECT *
FROM read_parquet('test/*.parquet');
List of Globs
The glob syntax and the list input parameter can be combined to scan files that meet one of multiple patterns.
Read all Parquet files from 2 specific folders.
SELECT *
FROM read_parquet(['folder1/*.parquet', 'folder2/*.parquet']);
DuckDB can read multiple CSV files at the same time using either the glob syntax, or by providing a list of files to read.
Filename
The filename
argument can be used to add an extra filename
column to the result that indicates which row came from which file. For example:
SELECT *
FROM read_csv(['flights1.csv', 'flights2.csv'], union_by_name = true, filename = true);
FlightDate | OriginCityName | DestCityName | UniqueCarrier | filename |
---|---|---|---|---|
1988-01-01 | New York, NY | Los Angeles, CA | NULL | flights1.csv |
1988-01-02 | New York, NY | Los Angeles, CA | NULL | flights1.csv |
1988-01-03 | New York, NY | Los Angeles, CA | AA | flights2.csv |
Glob Function to Find Filenames
The glob pattern matching syntax can also be used to search for filenames using the glob
table function.
It accepts one parameter: the path to search (which may include glob patterns).
Search the current directory for all files.
SELECT *
FROM glob('*');
file |
---|
test.csv |
test.json |
test.parquet |
test2.csv |
test2.parquet |
todos.json |