Fix some obvious problems and remove trailing whitespace.

Use more markup.
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.\" $NetBSD: sqlite3.1,v 1.2 2012/12/16 20:25:40 christos Exp $
.\" $NetBSD: sqlite3.1,v 1.3 2012/12/16 23:37:34 wiz Exp $
.Dd December 16, 2012
.Dt SQLITE3 1
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm sqlite3
.Nm sqlite3
.Nd A command line interface for SQLite version 3
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Nm
.Nm
.Op Ar options
.Op Ar databasefile
.Op Ar SQL
@ -19,13 +19,13 @@ can also be used within shell scripts and other applications to provide
batch processing features.
.Pp
To start a
.Nm
.Nm
interactive session, invoke the
.Nm
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.
.Pp
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:
.Bd -literal -offset indent
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sqlite>
.Ed
.Pp
If no database name is supplied, the
If no database name is supplied, the
.Em ATTACH
sql command can be used
to attach to existing or create new database files.
@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ The interactive interpreter offers a set of meta-commands that can be
used to control the output format, examine the currently attached
database files, or perform administrative operations upon the
attached databases (such as rebuilding indices).
Meta-commands are always prefixed with a dot
Meta-commands are always prefixed with a dot
.Dq \. .
.Pp
A list of available meta-commands can be viewed at any time by issuing
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For example:
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sqlite> .help
.cc |
.databases List names and files of attached databases
.dump ?TABLE? ... Dump the database in an SQL text format
.echo ON|OFF Turn command echo on or off
.exit Exit this program
.explain ON|OFF Turn output mode suitable for EXPLAIN on or off.
.header(s) ON|OFF Turn display of headers on or off
.help Show this message
.import FILE TABLE Import data from FILE into TABLE
.indices TABLE Show names of all indices on TABLE
.mode MODE ?TABLE? Set output mode where MODE is one of:
\&.databases List names and files of attached databases
\&.dump ?TABLE? ... Dump the database in an SQL text format
\&.echo ON|OFF Turn command echo on or off
\&.exit Exit this program
\&.explain ON|OFF Turn output mode suitable for EXPLAIN on or off.
\&.header(s) ON|OFF Turn display of headers on or off
\&.help Show this message
\&.import FILE TABLE Import data from FILE into TABLE
\&.indices TABLE Show names of all indices on TABLE
\&.mode MODE ?TABLE? Set output mode where MODE is one of:
csv Comma-separated values
column Left-aligned columns. (See .width)
html HTML <table> code
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list Values delimited by .separator string
tabs Tab-separated values
tcl TCL list elements
.nullvalue STRING Print STRING in place of NULL values
.output FILENAME Send output to FILENAME
.output stdout Send output to the screen
.prompt MAIN CONTINUE Replace the standard prompts
.quit Exit this program
.read FILENAME Execute SQL in FILENAME
.schema ?TABLE? Show the CREATE statements
.separator STRING Change separator used by output mode and .import
.show Show the current values for various settings
.tables ?PATTERN? List names of tables matching a LIKE pattern
.timeout MS Try opening locked tables for MS milliseconds
.width NUM NUM ... Set column widths for "column" mode
\&.nullvalue STRING Print STRING in place of NULL values
\&.output FILENAME Send output to FILENAME
\&.output stdout Send output to the screen
\&.prompt MAIN CONTINUE Replace the standard prompts
\&.quit Exit this program
\&.read FILENAME Execute SQL in FILENAME
\&.schema ?TABLE? Show the CREATE statements
\&.separator STRING Change separator used by output mode and .import
\&.show Show the current values for various settings
\&.tables ?PATTERN? List names of tables matching a LIKE pattern
\&.timeout MS Try opening locked tables for MS milliseconds
\&.width NUM NUM ... Set column widths for "column" mode
sqlite>
|cc .
.Ed
.Sh OPTIONS
.Nm
.Nm
has the following options:
.Bl -tag -width abcdefghij
.It Fl init Ar file
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.It Fl nullvalue Ar string
Set
.Ar string
used to represent
used to represent
.Dv NULL
values.
Default is
Default is
.Dq \e
(empty string).
.It Fl version
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.Nm
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:
.Bl
.It The default configuration is established as follows:
.sp
Throughout initialization, any previously specified setting can be overridden.
The sequence of initialization is as follows:
.Bl -enum
.It
The default configuration is established as follows:
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.cc |
mode = LIST
separator = "|"
main prompt = "sqlite> "
continue prompt = " ...> "
|cc .
.Ed
.It If the file
.It
If the file
.Fi ~/.sqliterc
exists, it is processed first.
can be found in the user's home directory, it is
read and processed.
It should generally only contain meta-commands.
.It If the -init option is present, the specified file is processed.
.It All other command line options are processed.
.It
If the
.Fl init
option is present, the specified file is processed.
.It
All other command line options are processed.
.El
.Sh SEE ALSO
http://www.sqlite.org/
.Sh AUTHOR
.Lk http://www.sqlite.org/
.Sh AUTHORS
This manual page was originally written by Andreas Rottmann
\*[Lt]rotty@debian.org\*[Gt], for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used
by others).
It was subsequently revised by Bill Bumgarner \*[Lt]bbum@mac.com\*[Gt].
.Aq rotty@debian.org ,
for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others).
It was subsequently revised by Bill Bumgarner
.Aq bbum@mac.com .