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> Documentation for the PrettyCompact format

# PrettyCompact

| Input | Output | Alias |
| ----- | ------ | ----- |
| ✗     | ✔      |       |

<h2 id="description">
  Description
</h2>

Differs from the [`Pretty`](/reference/formats/Pretty/Pretty) format in that the table is displayed with a grid drawn between rows.
Because of this the result is more compact.

<Note>
  This format is used by default in the command-line client in interactive mode.
</Note>

<h2 id="example-usage">
  Example usage
</h2>

<h2 id="format-settings">
  Format settings
</h2>

The following settings are common to all `Pretty` formats:

| Setting                                                                                                                                              | Description                                                                                                                                                                                                            | Default |
| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------- |
| [`output_format_pretty_max_rows`](/reference/settings/formats#output_format_pretty_max_rows)                                                         | Row limit for Pretty formats.                                                                                                                                                                                          | `10000` |
| [`output_format_pretty_max_column_pad_width`](/reference/settings/formats#output_format_pretty_max_column_pad_width)                                 | Maximum width to pad all values in a column in Pretty formats.                                                                                                                                                         | `250`   |
| [`output_format_pretty_max_value_width`](/reference/settings/formats#output_format_pretty_max_value_width)                                           | Maximum width of value to display in Pretty formats. If greater - it will be cut.                                                                                                                                      | `10000` |
| [`output_format_pretty_color`](/reference/settings/formats#output_format_pretty_color)                                                               | Use ANSI escape sequences to paint colors in Pretty formats.                                                                                                                                                           | `true`  |
| [`output_format_pretty_grid_charset`](/reference/settings/formats#output_format_pretty_grid_charset)                                                 | Charset for printing grid borders. Available charsets: ASCII, UTF-8.                                                                                                                                                   | `UTF-8` |
| [`output_format_pretty_row_numbers`](/reference/settings/formats#output_format_pretty_row_numbers)                                                   | Add row numbers before each row for pretty output format.                                                                                                                                                              | `true`  |
| [`output_format_pretty_display_footer_column_names`](/reference/settings/formats#output_format_pretty_display_footer_column_names)                   | Display column names in the footer if table contains many rows.                                                                                                                                                        | `true`  |
| [`output_format_pretty_display_footer_column_names_min_rows`](/reference/settings/formats#output_format_pretty_display_footer_column_names_min_rows) | Sets the minimum number of rows for which a footer will be displayed if [`output_format_pretty_display_footer_column_names`](/reference/settings/formats#output_format_pretty_display_footer_column_names) is enabled. | `50`    |