Here is an example of usage where forcing non-interactive operation works differently than letting the shell (try to) figure out there can be no interaction: ``` [C:\Tmp] > sqlite3 -batch -cmd "select count(*) from sqlite_master;" <nul 0 [C:\Tmp] > sqlite3 -cmd "select count(*) from sqlite_master;" <nul 0 SQLite version 3.32.3 2020-06-18 14:00:33 Enter ".help" for usage hints. sqlite> [C:\Tmp] > ``` Little gotcha's like this are why I use -batch without attempting to figure out whether it is actually needed. (Sometimes, brain cycles are a scarce resource!)