SQLite has a built-in 'tabs' mode. But it is not exposed as a command line option. sqlite3.exe version 3.33.0 has options for all the other modes: `-box`, `-html`, `-markdown`, etc. But not `-tabs`. And this causes various workarounds because providing a TAB character on the command line is not so straightforward. 1. `sqlite3 mydb "select * from table1" | tr \| '\t'` 2. `sqlite3 -separator $'\t' mydb "select * from table1"` ($ tells shell to expand \\t to a TAB character) 3. ``` sqlite3 mydb <<EOF .mode tabs select * from table1; EOF ``` Neither of these solutions work on Windows. It should be very easy to implement the `-tabs` option. And I believe it will make life easier for many people.