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## dbsql

    dbsql [OPTIONS] FILENAME SQL

`dbsql` is a command line tool that provides access to the Berkeley DB SQL interface.

To build this tool, run the configure script with the `--enable-sql` option when you are building the Berkeley DB SQL interface. For more information on building this tool, see "Building for UNIX/POSIX".

FILENAME is the name of a Berkeley DB database file created with the SQL interface. A new database is created if the file does not exist. The options are as follows:

- -init filename

  Reads/processes named file.

- -echo

  Prints commands before execution.

- -[no]header

  Turns headers on or off.

- -bail

  Stops after hitting an error.

- -interactive

  Forces interactive I/O.

- -batch

  Forces batch I/O.

- -column

  Sets output mode to column.

- -csv

  Sets output mode to csv.

- -html

  Sets output mode to HTML.

- -line

  Sets output mode to line.

- -list

  Sets output mode to list.

- -separator 'x'

  Sets output field separator (|).

- -nullvalue 'text'

  Sets text string for NULL values.

- -version

  Shows SQLite version.

The `dbsql` executable provides the same interface as the `sqlite3` executable that is part of SQLite. For more information on how to use dbsql see the SQLite Documentation page.

### Command Line Features Unique to dbsql

This section describes pre-defined query statements that can be executed from the `dbsql` command line. These queries take the form of:

     .stat ITEM

where `ITEM` is an optional parameter that indicates what statistics to print. If `ITEM` is not specified, then this command prints statistics for the Berkeley DB environment, followed by statistics for all tables and indexes within the database.

If `ITEM` is the name of a table or index, then this command prints statistics for the table or index using the DB->stat_print() method.

Otherwise, `ITEM` can be one of several keywords. They are:

- `:env:`

      dbsql> .stat :env:

  Causes this command to print statistics for the Berkeley DB environment using the DB_ENV->stat_print(). method.

- `:rep:`

      dbsql> .stat :rep:

  Causes this command to print a summary of replication statistics.

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