How can I get the list of a columns in a table for a SQLite database?
What you're looking for is called the data dictionary. In sqlite a list of all tables can be found by querying sqlite_master table (or view?)
sqlite> create table people (first_name varchar, last_name varchar, email_address varchar);
sqlite> select * from sqlite_master;
table|people|people|2|CREATE TABLE people (first_name varchar, last_name varchar, email_address varchar)
To get column information you can use the pragma table_info(table_name)
statement:
sqlite> pragma table_info(people);
0|first_name|varchar|0||0
1|last_name|varchar|0||0
2|email_address|varchar|0||0
For more information on the pragma statements, see the documentation.
Here's the simple way:
.schema <table>