Question

In the Windows cmd, I am using the < operator to read the command input from a file.

sqlite3 mydatabase.sqlite < command.txt

sqlite3 is an application and the content of command.txt is this:

.backup '..\database_backup\2012-11-30-16-16-28.bak'

Everytime, I generate a new command.txt file (because I should change the .bak file name) and then I use the < operator to feed it to the sqlite3.exe. Is there any way that I can circumvent the command.txt generation and feed all input parameters directly to the sqlite3.exe?

Answer 1

Try this:

echo ".backup '..\database_backup\2012-11-30-16-16-28.bak'" | sqlite3 mydatabase.sqlite

or this:

sqlite3 -cmd ".backup '..\database_backup\2012-11-30-16-16-28.bak'" mydatabase.sqlite < NUL