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
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.