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-Python utility functions for manipulating SQLite databases
+Python CLI utility and library for manipulating SQLite databases.
+
+Install it like this:
 
     pip3 install sqlite-utils
 
-Documentation: https://sqlite-utils.readthedocs.io/
+Now you can do things like this:
+
+    $ sqlite-utils tables dogs.db
+    dogs
+
+    $ sqlite-utils csv dogs.db "select * from dogs"
+    id,age,name
+    1,4,Cleo
+    2,2,Pancakes
+
+    $ sqlite-utils json dogs.db "select * from dogs"
+    [{"id": 1, "age": 4, "name": "Cleo"},
+     {"id": 2, "age": 2, "name": "Pancakes"}]
+
+Full documentation: https://sqlite-utils.readthedocs.io/
 
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