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NAME
list - display databases, schemas, tables or views defined in a database server

SYNOPSIS
list database
list [-h] databases
list [-d DATABASE] [-h] schemas
list [-d DATABASE] [-h] [-s SCHEMA] tables
list [-d DATABASE] [-h] [-s SCHEMA] views

DESCRIPTION
list shows currently connected database or displays the list of databases, schemas, tables or views defined in the connected RDBMS server. The connection to the
RDBMS server needs to be established before the list command is executed.

When a list of databases is displayed, an asterisk character, '*', is appended to the name of the currently connected database. Depends on the connected RDBMS
server, a database name and/or a schema name might be required to list schemas, tables or views. Please see Aqua Open APIs documentation for more information.

OPTIONS
-d DATABASE
The name of the database from which to look up data, default to the currently connected database.

-h
Display output with headers; headers are not shown by default.

-s SCHEMA
The name of the schema from which to look up data, default to the currently connected schema.

EXAMPLES
To list the databases in a server use the command:
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list databases

To list the databases with headers use the -h option
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list -h databases

To list the schemas of a particular database use the -d option together with schemas keyword:
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list -d AQUAFOLD -h schemas

To list all the tables of a database:
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list -d AQUAFOLD -h tables

To list all the views of a database:
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list -d AQUAFOLD -h views

NOTES
-d: does not work on SQLite

-s: does not work on SQLite

SEE ALSO
change
describe
connect