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20 \- A command line interface for SQLite version 3
31 is a terminal-based front-end to the SQLite library that can evaluate
32 queries interactively and display the results in multiple formats.
34 can also be used within shell scripts and other applications to provide
35 batch processing features.
40 interactive session, invoke the
42 command and optionally provide the name of a database file. If the
43 database file does not exist, it will be created. If the database file
44 does exist, it will be opened.
46 For example, to create a new database file named "mydata.db", create
47 a table named "memos" and insert a couple of records into that table:
52 SQLite version 3.43.0 2023-08-11 17:45:23
54 Enter ".help" for usage hints.
57 .B create table memos(text, priority INTEGER);
60 .B insert into memos values('deliver project description', 10);
63 .B insert into memos values('lunch with Christine', 100);
66 .B select * from memos;
68 deliver project description|10
70 lunch with Christine|100
75 If no database name is supplied, the ATTACH sql command can be used
76 to attach to existing or create new database files. ATTACH can also
77 be used to attach to multiple databases within the same interactive
78 session. This is useful for migrating data between databases,
79 possibly changing the schema along the way.
81 Optionally, a SQL statement or set of SQL statements can be supplied as
82 a single argument. Multiple statements should be separated by
88 .B sqlite3 -line mydata.db 'select * from memos where priority > 20;'
90 text = lunch with Christine
96 .SS SQLITE META-COMMANDS
98 The interactive interpreter offers a set of meta-commands that can be
99 used to control the output format, examine the currently attached
100 database files, or perform administrative operations upon the
101 attached databases (such as rebuilding indices). Meta-commands are
102 always prefixed with a dot (.).
104 A list of available meta-commands can be viewed at any time by issuing
105 the '.help' command. For example:
115 The available commands differ by version and build options, so they
116 are not listed here. Please refer to your local copy for all available
122 reads an initialization file to set the configuration of the
123 interactive environment. Throughout initialization, any previously
124 specified setting can be overridden. The sequence of initialization is
127 o The default configuration is established as follows:
134 main prompt = "sqlite> "
135 continue prompt = " ...> "
141 .B ${XDG_CONFIG_HOME}/sqlite3/sqliterc
144 exists, the first of those to be found is processed during startup.
145 It should generally only contain meta-commands.
147 o If the -init option is present, the specified file is processed.
149 o All other command line options are processed.
152 https://sqlite.org/cli.html
154 https://sqlite.org/fiddle (a WebAssembly build of the CLI app)
156 The sqlite3-doc package.
158 This manual page was originally written by Andreas Rottmann
159 <rotty@debian.org>, for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used
160 by others). It was subsequently revised by Bill Bumgarner <bbum@mac.com>,
161 Laszlo Boszormenyi <gcs@debian.hu>, and the sqlite3 developers.