1. Start the CLI

To start the command line in interactive mode on Linux run:

ubuntu@ubuntu22:/opt/HammerDB-5.0$ ./hammerdbcli 
HammerDB CLI v5.0
Copyright © HammerDB Ltd hosted by tpc.org 2019-2025
Type "help" for a list of commands
Initialized new Jobs on-disk database /tmp/hammer.DB
hammerdb>

On Windows double-click hammerdbcli.bat

Figure 9.1. hammerdbcli.bat

hammerdbcli.bat

This will display a console command Window. On Windows this console command window has been designed to run with white text on a black background and sets the colour scheme accordingly.

Figure 9.2. CLI Windows

CLI Windows