PKG-SHELL(8)

NAME
pkg shell - interact with the pkg database

SYNOPSIS
pkg shell

DESCRIPTION
pkg shell is used to interact with the local or remote database through a sqlite3 console. Extreme care should be taken when using this command.

Do not rely on this command. The underlying schema is subject to change on any release. Use pkg-query(8), pkg-rquery(8), pkg-search(8) and pkg-set(8) instead for querying and modiying the database. These commands are expected to have a stable API, unlike the database schema.

ENVIRONMENT
The following environment variables affect the execution of pkg shell. See pkg.conf(5) for further description.

PKG_DBDIR

FILES
See pkg.conf(5).

SEE ALSO
pkg.conf(5), pkg(8), pkg-add(8), pkg-audit(8), pkg-autoremove(8), pkg-backup(8), pkg-check(8), pkg-clean(8), pkg-create(8), pkg-delete(8), pkg-fetch(8), pkg-info(8), pkg-install(8), pkg-query(8), pkg-register(8), pkg-repo(8), pkg-rquery(8), pkg-search(8), pkg-set(8), pkg-shlib(8), pkg-stats(8), pkg-update(8), pkg-updating(8), pkg-upgrade(8), pkg-version(8), pkg-which(8)