1. Start the CLI

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

steve@CRANE:~/HammerDB-4.0$ ./hammerdbcli 
HammerDB CLI v4.0
Copyright (C) 2003-2020 Steve Shaw
Type "help" for a list of commands
The xml is well-formed, applying configuration
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