# Run Aerospike Quick Look

This page describes how to get started using Aerospike Quick Look (AQL)

## Get started

To run AQL, start with the following command:

```plaintext
aql
```

For example, to list all the namespaces in your database instance, enter the following command:

```plaintext
show namespaces
```

## List of AQL command options

There are a number of options that you can use with the `aql` command.

| Option | Purpose |
| --- | --- |
| `-V, --version` | Print AQL version information. |
| `-O, --options` | Print command-line options message. |
| `-E, --help` | Print command-line options message and AQL commands documentation. |
| `-c, --command=cmd` | Execute the specified command. |
| `-f, --file=path` | Execute the commands in the specified file. |
| `-e, --echo` | Enable echoing of commands. Default: disabled. |
| `-v, --verbose` | Enable verbose output. Default: disabled. |

## Configure AQL with configuration files

You can configure AQL using a configuration file. See [Aerospike tools configuration file](https://aerospike.com/docs/database/tools/conffile) for more information.

The following options control configuration file behavior:

| Option | Default | Description |
| --- | --- | --- |
| `--no-config-file` | disabled | Don’t read any configuration file. The configuration file options `--no-config-file` and `only-config-file` are mutually exclusive. |
| `--instance SUFFIX` | \- | In the configuration file, you can specify a group of clusters that share a common suffix with the `--instance` option. Refer to [Instances](https://aerospike.com/docs/database/tools/conffile#instances) for more information. |
| `--config-file PATH` | \- | Read this file after default configuration file. |
| `--only-config-file PATH` | \- | Read only this configuration file. The configuration file options `--no-config-file` and `only-config-file` are mutually exclusive. |