Version: 3.50.0
.auth ON|OFF Show authorizer callbacks
.backup ?DB? FILE Backup DB (default "main") to FILE
Options:
--append Use the appendvfs
--async Write to FILE without journal and fsync()
.bail on|off Stop after hitting an error. Default OFF
.cd DIRECTORY Change the working directory to DIRECTORY
.changes on|off Show number of rows changed by SQL
.check GLOB Fail if output since .testcase does not match
.clone NEWDB Clone data into NEWDB from the existing database
.connection [close] [#] Open or close an auxiliary database connection
.crlf ?on|off? Whether or not to use \r\n line endings
.databases List names and files of attached databases
.dbconfig ?op? ?val? List or change sqlite3_db_config() options
.dbtotxt Hex dump of the database file
.dump ?OBJECTS? Render database content as SQL
Options:
--data-only Output only INSERT statements
--newlines Allow unescaped newline characters in output
--nosys Omit system tables (ex: "sqlite_stat1")
--preserve-rowids Include ROWID values in the output
OBJECTS is a LIKE pattern for tables, indexes, triggers or views to dump
Additional LIKE patterns can be given in subsequent arguments
.echo on|off Turn command echo on or off
.eqp on|off|full|... Enable or disable automatic EXPLAIN QUERY PLAN
Other Modes:
trigger Like "full" but also show trigger bytecode
.excel Display the output of next command in spreadsheet
--bom Put a UTF8 byte-order mark on intermediate file
.exit ?CODE? Exit this program with return-code CODE
.expert EXPERIMENTAL. Suggest indexes for queries
.explain ?on|off|auto? Change the EXPLAIN formatting mode. Default: auto
.filectrl CMD ... Run various sqlite3_file_control() operations
--schema SCHEMA Use SCHEMA instead of "main"
--help Show CMD details
.fullschema ?--indent? Show schema and the content of sqlite_stat tables
.headers on|off Turn display of headers on or off
.help ?-all? ?PATTERN? Show help text for PATTERN
.import FILE TABLE Import data from FILE into TABLE
Options:
--ascii Use \037 and \036 as column and row separators
--csv Use , and \n as column and row separators
--skip N Skip the first N rows of input
--schema S Target table to be S.TABLE
-v "Verbose" - increase auxiliary output
Notes:
* If TABLE does not exist, it is created. The first row of input
determines the column names.
* If neither --csv or --ascii are used, the input mode is derived
from the ".mode" output mode
* If FILE begins with "|" then it is a command that generates the
input text.
.indexes ?TABLE? Show names of indexes
If TABLE is specified, only show indexes for
tables matching TABLE using the LIKE operator.
.intck ?STEPS_PER_UNLOCK? Run an incremental integrity check on the db
.limit ?LIMIT? ?VAL? Display or change the value of an SQLITE_LIMIT
.lint OPTIONS Report potential schema issues.
Options:
fkey-indexes Find missing foreign key indexes
.load FILE ?ENTRY? Load an extension library
.log FILE|on|off Turn logging on or off. FILE can be stderr/stdout
.mode ?MODE? ?OPTIONS? Set output mode
MODE is one of:
ascii Columns/rows delimited by 0x1F and 0x1E
box Tables using unicode box-drawing characters
csv Comma-separated values
column Output in columns. (See .width)
html HTML <table> code
insert SQL insert statements for TABLE
json Results in a JSON array
line One value per line
list Values delimited by "|"
markdown Markdown table format
qbox Shorthand for "box --wrap 60 --quote"
quote Escape answers as for SQL
table ASCII-art table
tabs Tab-separated values
tcl TCL list elements
OPTIONS: (for columnar modes or insert mode):
--escape T ctrl-char escape; T is one of: symbol, ascii, off
--wrap N Wrap output lines to no longer than N characters
--wordwrap B Wrap or not at word boundaries per B (on/off)
--ww Shorthand for "--wordwrap 1"
--quote Quote output text as SQL literals
--noquote Do not quote output text
TABLE The name of SQL table used for "insert" mode
.nonce STRING Suspend safe mode for one command if nonce matches
.nullvalue STRING Use STRING in place of NULL values
.once ?OPTIONS? ?FILE? Output for the next SQL command only to FILE
If FILE begins with '|' then open as a pipe
--bom Put a UTF8 byte-order mark at the beginning
-e Send output to the system text editor
--plain Use text/plain output instead of HTML for -w option
-w Send output as HTML to a web browser (same as ".www")
-x Send output as CSV to a spreadsheet (same as ".excel")
.open ?OPTIONS? ?FILE? Close existing database and reopen FILE
Options:
--append Use appendvfs to append database to the end of FILE
--deserialize Load into memory using sqlite3_deserialize()
--hexdb Load the output of "dbtotxt" as an in-memory db
--maxsize N Maximum size for --hexdb or --deserialized database
--new Initialize FILE to an empty database
--nofollow Do not follow symbolic links
--readonly Open FILE readonly
--zip FILE is a ZIP archive
.output ?FILE? Send output to FILE or stdout if FILE is omitted
If FILE begins with '|' then open it as a pipe.
Options:
--bom Prefix output with a UTF8 byte-order mark
-e Send output to the system text editor
--plain Use text/plain for -w option
-w Send output to a web browser
-x Send output as CSV to a spreadsheet
.parameter CMD ... Manage SQL parameter bindings
clear Erase all bindings
init Initialize the TEMP table that holds bindings
list List the current parameter bindings
set PARAMETER VALUE Given SQL parameter PARAMETER a value of VALUE
PARAMETER should start with one of: $ : @ ?
unset PARAMETER Remove PARAMETER from the binding table
.print STRING... Print literal STRING
.progress N Invoke progress handler after every N opcodes
--limit N Interrupt after N progress callbacks
--once Do no more than one progress interrupt
--quiet|-q No output except at interrupts
--reset Reset the count for each input and interrupt
.prompt MAIN CONTINUE Replace the standard prompts
.quit Stop interpreting input stream, exit if primary.
.read FILE Read input from FILE or command output
If FILE begins with "|", it is a command that generates the input.
.restore ?DB? FILE Restore content of DB (default "main") from FILE
.save ?OPTIONS? FILE Write database to FILE (an alias for .backup ...)
.scanstats on|off|est Turn sqlite3_stmt_scanstatus() metrics on or off
.schema ?PATTERN? Show the CREATE statements matching PATTERN
Options:
--indent Try to pretty-print the schema
--nosys Omit objects whose names start with "sqlite_"
.separator COL ?ROW? Change the column and row separators
.sha3sum ... Compute a SHA3 hash of database content
Options:
--schema Also hash the sqlite_schema table
--sha3-224 Use the sha3-224 algorithm
--sha3-256 Use the sha3-256 algorithm (default)
--sha3-384 Use the sha3-384 algorithm
--sha3-512 Use the sha3-512 algorithm
Any other argument is a LIKE pattern for tables to hash
.shell CMD ARGS... Run CMD ARGS... in a system shell
.show Show the current values for various settings
.stats ?ARG? Show stats or turn stats on or off
off Turn off automatic stat display
on Turn on automatic stat display
stmt Show statement stats
vmstep Show the virtual machine step count only
.system CMD ARGS... Run CMD ARGS... in a system shell
.tables ?TABLE? List names of tables matching LIKE pattern TABLE
.timeout MS Try opening locked tables for MS milliseconds
.timer on|off Turn SQL timer on or off
.trace ?OPTIONS? Output each SQL statement as it is run
FILE Send output to FILE
stdout Send output to stdout
stderr Send output to stderr
off Disable tracing
--expanded Expand query parameters
--plain Show SQL as it is input
--stmt Trace statement execution (SQLITE_TRACE_STMT)
--profile Profile statements (SQLITE_TRACE_PROFILE)
--row Trace each row (SQLITE_TRACE_ROW)
--close Trace connection close (SQLITE_TRACE_CLOSE)
.version Show source, library and compiler versions
.vfsinfo ?AUX? Information about the top-level VFS
.vfslist List all available VFSes
.vfsname ?AUX? Print the name of the VFS stack
.width NUM1 NUM2 ... Set minimum column widths for columnar output
Negative values right-justify
.www Display output of the next command in web browser