Howto clean comments from raw sql file

Question

I have problem with cleaning comments and empty lines from already existing sql file. The file has over 10k lines so cleaning it manually is not an option.

I have a litt

Answer 1

Adding an updated answer :)

import sqlparse

sql_example = """--comment
SELECT * from test;
INSERT INTO test VALUES ('
-- test
a
');
 """
print sqlparse.format(sql_example, strip_comments=True).strip()

Output:

SELECT * from test;
INSERT INTO test VALUES ('
-- test
a
');

It achieves the same result but also covers all other corner cases and more concise