Last Updated: February 25, 2016
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· potomak

Sqlite3 readable output

To make the sqlite3 console output more readable run:

$ (echo ".header ON" && echo ".mode column") > ~/.sqliterc

This will create a file named .sqliterc on your home directory with a minimal configuration enabling table headers and setting output mode to column.

Before:

sqlite> SELECT users.first_name, users.last_name FROM users;
John|Doe
Giovanni|Cappellotto

After:

sqlite> SELECT users.first_name, users.last_name FROM users;
first_name  last_name 
----------  ----------
John        Doe       
Giovanni    Cappellott