Importing CSV file in SQLITE3 results in a blinking cursor with no action!

Question

Hello, I ran the following command in SQLITE3 command line tool.

sqlite> .import out.txt Test

And the following is the result:

sqlite> .import out.txt Test
   ...>

"...>" keeps showing up if I hit enter. It looks like it's expecting another parameter, except I can't find anything on Google.

Thanks always

Answer 1

By default, sqlite3's .import expects tab-delimited data. You can change it with .separator.

An example:

$ cat >data.txt
1,2,3
$ sqlite3
SQLite version 3.5.1
Enter ".help" for instructions
sqlite> create table t(a integer, b integer, c integer);
sqlite> .separator ,
sqlite> .import data.txt t
sqlite> select a from t;
1