SQLite interactive shell - .help and .quit
The command line tool has a number of internal commands starting with a dot. .help will show the list of the commands.
.quit or .exit will close the shell.
The commands can be given
- interactively
- sent through a pipe
- redirected from a file
$ sqlite3
SQLite version 3.45.1 2024-01-30 16:01:20
Enter ".help" for usage hints.
Connected to a transient in-memory database.
Use ".open FILENAME" to reopen on a persistent database.
sqlite> .help
...
sqlite> .quit
$