sqlite> .exit The "-->" indicates a line continuation. Usually you can terminate it with a semicolon or by closing a quote. This gets you back to the "sqlite>" prompt where you can type ".help" and ".exit".
Shawn M. Downey MPR Associates 10 Maxwell Drive, Suite 204 Clifton Park, NY 12065 518-371-3983 x3 (work) 860-508-5015 (cell) -----Original Message----- From: Tero Vihavainen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, November 03, 2005 9:08 AM To: sqlite-users@sqlite.org Subject: [sqlite] howto exit ? yes I'm newbie ... :) ****** clip *** [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/public$ ./sqlite3-3.2.7.bin SQLite version 3.2.7 Enter ".help" for instructions sqlite> ^[[A^[[A^[[B^[[Bqqqccc ...> qq ...> ^[ ...> ...> ^X^X^X ...> ...> ...> ...> .exit ...> ...> ...> .quit ...> .bye ...> exit ...> quit ...> bye ...> kuole ...> g^G^G^G^G ...> ^G^G ...> .help ...> ..help ...> help ...> aaaapuva ...> ...> ...> ...> ...> apdoskf ...> ...> kill ...> ? ...> hellothere ...> qqq ...> ...> ^[[11~^[[12~^[[14~^[[17~^[[18~^[[18~^[[19~^[^[^[ ...> ^[^[ ...> ^[ ...> INSERT ...> ; ...> ;; ...> ...> ...> ; ...> .exit ...> .help; ...> ; ...> -- Tero Vihavainen [EMAIL PROTECTED]