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Documentation should be improved for the CLI command .dump
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I summarize your suggestion thusly:

The CLI shell's .help output for .dump should reflect the fact that it can dump tables, views or indexes. Presently, the .help output implies that only tables can be dumped, saying <code>
  .dump ?TABLE?
   ...
  TABLE is a LIKE pattern for the tables to dump
</code>

FWIW, I have to agree that the word "TABLE" should change to something less restrictive. However, your suggested "CONTENT" also seems too restrictive as it would appear to exclude the object schema which is output by default. Maybe, when my morning caffeine dose takes effect, something better will occur to me.