Output Formats
Seedling supports multiple output formats for different use cases.SQL Dump
Default format. ProducesINSERT INTO ... statements.
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Supported output formats and their use cases.
INSERT INTO ... statements.
seedling generate --count 10000 --output seed.sql
seedling generate --count 500000 --db postgres://localhost:5432/staging
seedling generate --count 1000000 --db postgres://localhost:5432/staging --copy
seedling generate --count 10000 --output data/ --format csv
seedling generate --count 10000 --output data/ --format jsonl
seedling generate --count 10000 --output data/ --format parquet
| Format | Flag | Use Case |
|---|---|---|
| SQL dump | --output seed.sql | CI, staging refresh |
| Direct DB | --db postgres://... | One-shot population |
| COPY | --db ... --copy | Max throughput |
| CSV | --format csv | Analysis, spreadsheets |
| JSON Lines | --format jsonl | Event streams |
| Parquet | --format parquet | Data lake (TSV placeholder) |