The minimalimsm, serverlessness/lack of temporary caches/lack of permission management, Hipp's religious obsession with efficiency, the use of their own pure Fossil version control[ref]. Wait, scrap that last one. Pure beauty!
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Create a table
sqlite3 db.sqlite3 "
CREATE TABLE 'IntegerNames' (int0 INT, char0 CHAR(16));
INSERT INTO 'IntegerNames' (int0, char0) VALUES (2, 'two'), (3, 'three'), (5, 'five'), (7, 'seven');
"
List tables:
output:
sqlite3 db.sqlite3 '.tables'
IntegerNames
Show schema of a table:
outputs the query that would generate that table:
sqlite3 db.sqlite3 '.schema IntegerNames'
CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS 'IntegerNames' (int0 INT, char0 CHAR(16));
Show all data in a table:
output:
sqlite3 db.sqlite3 'SELECT * FROM IntegerNames'
2|two
3|three
5|five
7|seven