Elektra  0.8.23
kdb-shell(1) -- Start a kdb shell instance

kdb shell

DESCRIPTION

This command is used to start an instance of the kdb shell.
The kdb shell allows for a user to interactively view, edit, or otherwise work with the key database.

SHELL COMMANDS

The kdb shell offers a number of commands to interact with the key database.

OPTIONS

EXAMPLES

To execute commands from a textfile, you can use:
cat commands.txt | kdb shell

To have readline functionality (line editing, history, ...), you can use:
rlwrap kdb shell

SEE ALSO

To learn more about these commands and how they work, refer to the Elektra API Documentation.