CLI reference

The complete flag list, as printed by delta-explain --help:

delta-explain <PATH> [OPTIONS]

Arguments:
  <PATH>  Path to the Delta table (local path, s3://, az://, gs://)

Options:
  -w, --where <PREDICATE>   Predicate (e.g. "age > 30 AND country = 'DE'")
  -v, --verbose             Show per-file details (kept/dropped with reason);
                            in JSON, adds the "files" array
      --limit <N>           Cap per-file listings at N entries
      --explain-why         Diagnose why the predicate pruned as it did, with
                            suggestions; in JSON, adds the "explain" array
      --format <FORMAT>     Output format: text (default) or json
      --min-pruning <PCT>   Fail if total pruning is below this percentage
      --assert-stats        Fail if any file is missing statistics
      --at-version <N>      Analyze the table at this version (time travel)
      --profile <NAME>      Static AWS credentials from ~/.aws/credentials (S3)
      --region <REGION>     AWS region (S3 / S3-compatible)
      --option <KEY=VALUE>  Object store config (repeatable)
      --env-creds           Read cloud credentials from environment variables
      --public              Access a public bucket (skip auth)

Gate flags (--min-pruning, --assert-stats) are covered in Gating pruning in CI; credential flags (--env-creds, --profile, --option, --region, --public) in Cloud storage.