RQSH(1p)

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version 2.919 · 6 versions
, in ubuntu resolute, ubuntu stonking

✨ RQSH(1p) ✨

okay bestie so this is the manual page for rqsh, from the User Contributed Perl Documentation collection 💅 it's a whole perl thing, and honestly? it ate.

🫶 NAME 🫶

rqsh — the SPARQL database shell, aka your new main character command line 💖

🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

so like, rqsh gives you a command-line interface to the SPARQL 1.1 implementation inside RDF::Query. that's the whole vibe ✨

by default it lowkey uses an in-memory database, which is adorable and fine, but you can configure it to use literally any database that's implemented as an RDF::Trine::Store. so if you have a big girl database, she can come too 🎀

👑 COMMANDS 👑

here's the menu, bestie. memorize it. iykyk 💅

  • help — shows you help info on all the commands that are available. the girl helps ✨
  • use [backend] — switches the storage backend (like, for example use mysql). it WILL prompt you to enter any connection/configuration data it needs. no skipping 🫶
  • init — initializes the storage backend, which means it creates all the necessary indexes and whatever else. it's giving setup era 🎀
  • set prefix [ns]: [uri] — sets a namespace so you can use it in all your subsequent queries. convenience queen 👑
  • results (table|srx) — sets the serializer used for tabular variable binding results. pick your format, bb 🌸
  • serializer [format] — sets the serializer used for RDF results (like serializer turtle, for instance). 🐢✨
  • debug — prints out all the quads in the storage backend. all of them. we're nosy today 🙈
  • parse [sparql] — prints the parsed algebra for the SPARQL 1.1 query/update. nerd shit, but make it cute 🧚
  • explain [sparql] — prints the execution plan for the SPARQL 1.1 query/update. so you can see what it's plotting 👀💀
  • time [command] — times how long the command takes to execute. clock it ⭐
  • execute <URI> — executes the SPARQL update/query that you get by dereferencing the URI. go fetch, girl 🦋
  • SELECT ...
  • ASK ...
  • CONSTRUCT ...
  • DESCRIBE ... — these ones all execute the SPARQL 1.1 query. yes, straight up, just like that 🌈
  • INSERT ...
  • DELETE ...
  • LOAD <uri>
  • CLEAR ...
  • COPY ...
  • MOVE ... — and these ones all execute the SPARQL 1.1 update. periodt 🔥
heads up bestie: if you just type a SPARQL query or update at the prompt, it runs it. no wrapper needed. that's the whole point of a shell 💖

and that's the page, fr fr 🌟 this whole thing is perl v5.40.1, dated 2025-08-18, riding under the RQSH(1p) banner. slay, goodbye, go run some queries 💜🎀🫶

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