csv-output.md

title	CodeQL CLI CSV output
intro	Understand CSV results from the {% data variables.product.prodname_codeql_cli %}.
product	{% data reusables.gated-features.codeql %}
allowTitleToDifferFromFilename	true
versions	fpt ghes ghec * * *
redirect_from	/code-security/codeql-cli/using-the-advanced-functionality-of-the-codeql-cli/csv-output
contentType	reference
category	Find CodeQL CLI commands

When you save analysis results from the {% data variables.product.prodname_codeql_cli %} in CSV format, each line corresponds to an alert, containing a comma-separated list with the following information:

Property	Description	Example
Name	Name of the query that identified the result.	Inefficient regular expression
Description	Description of the query.	A regular expression that requires exponential time to match certain inputs can be a performance bottleneck, and may be vulnerable to denial-of-service attacks.
Severity	Severity of the query.	error
Message	Alert message.	This part of the regular expression may cause exponential backtracking on strings containing many repetitions of '\\\\'.
Path	Path of the file containing the alert.	/vendor/codemirror/markdown.js
Start line	Line of the file where the code that triggered the alert begins.	617
Start column	Column of the start line that marks the start of the alert code. Not included when equal to 1.	32
End line	Line of the file where the code that triggered the alert ends. Not included when the same value as the start line.	64
End column	Where available, the column of the end line that marks the end of the alert code. Otherwise the end line is repeated.	617