SQLITE3(1)		    General Commands Manual		    SQLITE3(1)



NAME
       sqlite3 - A command line interface for SQLite version 3


SYNOPSIS
       sqlite3 [options] [databasefile] [SQL]


SUMMARY
       sqlite3	is  a  terminal-based front-end to the SQLite library that can
       evaluate queries interactively and display the results in multiple for-
       mats.  sqlite3 can also be used within shell scripts and other applica-
       tions to provide batch processing features.


DESCRIPTION
       To start a sqlite3 interactive session, invoke the sqlite3 command  and
       optionally  provide  the name of a database file.  If the database file
       does not exist, it will be created.  If the database file  does	exist,
       it will be opened.

       For  example, to create a new database file named "mydata.db", create a
       table named "memos" and insert a couple of records into that table:

       $ sqlite3 mydata.db
       SQLite version 3.43.0 2023-08-11 17:45:23
       Enter ".help" for usage hints.
       sqlite> create table memos(text, priority INTEGER);
       sqlite> insert into memos values('deliver project description', 10);
       sqlite> insert into memos values('lunch with Christine', 100);
       sqlite> select * from memos;
       deliver project description|10
       lunch with Christine|100
       sqlite>


       If no database name is supplied, the ATTACH sql command can be used  to
       attach  to  existing  or create new database files.  ATTACH can also be
       used to attach to multiple databases within the same  interactive  ses-
       sion.   This  is	 useful for migrating data between databases, possibly
       changing the schema along the way.

       Optionally, a SQL statement or set of SQL statements can be supplied as
       a  single  argument.   Multiple statements should be separated by semi-
       colons.

       For example:

       $ sqlite3 -line mydata.db 'select * from memos where priority > 20;'
	   text = lunch with Christine
       priority = 100



   SQLITE META-COMMANDS
       The interactive interpreter offers a set of meta-commands that  can  be
       used to control the output format, examine the currently attached data-
       base files, or perform  administrative  operations  upon	 the  attached
       databases (such as rebuilding indices).	 Meta-commands are always pre-
       fixed with a dot (.).

       A list of available meta-commands can be viewed at any time by  issuing
       the '.help' command.  For example:

       sqlite> .help


       The available commands differ by version and build options, so they are
       not listed here. Please refer to your local copy for all available  op-
       tions.



INIT FILE
       sqlite3	reads  an  initialization file to set the configuration of the
       interactive environment.	  Throughout  initialization,  any  previously
       specified setting can be overridden.  The sequence of initialization is
       as follows:

       o The default configuration is established as follows:


       mode	       = LIST
       separator       = "|"
       main prompt     = "sqlite> "
       continue prompt = "   ...> "


       o If the file ${XDG_CONFIG_HOME}/sqlite3/sqliterc  or  ~/.sqliterc  ex-
       ists,  the  first of those to be found is processed during startup.  It
       should generally only contain meta-commands.

       o If the -init option is present, the specified file is processed.

       o All other command line options are processed.


SEE ALSO
       https://sqlite.org/cli.html
       https://sqlite.org/fiddle (a WebAssembly build of the CLI app)
       The sqlite3-doc package.

AUTHOR
       This manual page was originally written by Andreas Rottmann  <rotty@de-
       bian.org>, for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others).
       It was subsequently revised by Bill  Bumgarner  <bbum@mac.com>,	Laszlo
       Boszormenyi <gcs@debian.hu>, and the sqlite3 developers.



			 Fri Aug 11 23:50:12 CET 2023		    SQLITE3(1)
