I've been using rlwrap for years with Oracle's sqlplus command line client on Linux. Because it uses readline, it can benefit from settings in ~/.inputrc, alon

I've been using rlwrap for years with Oracle's sqlplus command line client on Linux. Because it uses readline, it can benefit from settings in ~/.inputrc, along with all of your other readline-based applications for a more uniform experience. For example, I'm a vi(m) user, so I put this in my .inputrc: set editing-mode vi That's just the tip of the iceberg. These days, I tend to use the dbext vim extension for Oracle queries, allowing me to develop and save them in one file per project. But when I need to fire off something quick on the command line, it's nice to have rlwrap available.