Command-Line Client
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BaseX offers a standalone console mode in which all database commands can be executed. As first operations you can do the same as described in the first operations sections for client-server mode on a local basis.
Startup
see the Startup Overview.
Working with the BaseX Console
After starting the BaseX Console you can type in help to get a list of all
BaseX commands. Several commands can be separated by semicolons.
To evaluate commands without entering the console mode, you can use the
-c option on the command line:
basex -Vc "create db input input.xml; xquery /"
Database 'input' created in 53.64 ms.
<html>
<!-- Header -->
<head id="0">
<title>XML</title>
</head>
<!-- Body -->
<body id="1" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000" link="#0000CC">
<h1>Databases & XML</h1>
<div align="right">
<b>Assignments</b>
<ul>
<li>Exercise 1</li>
<li>Exercise 2</li>
</ul>
</div>
</body>
<?pi bogus?>
</html>
Query: /
Compiling:
Result: root()
Parsing: 0.19 ms
Compiling: 9.27 ms
Evaluating: 0.33 ms
Printing: 3.08 ms
Total Time: 12.88 ms
Results: 1 Item
Updated: 0 Items
Printed: 375 Bytes
Memory: 5834 KB
Query executed in 13.25 ms.
