<s>
Sqsh	B-Language
(	O
pronounced	O
)	O
,	O
short	O
for	O
SQSHell	O
(	O
pronounced	O
s-q-shell	O
)	O
,	O
is	O
an	O
open-source	B-Application
substitute	O
for	O
isql	O
,	O
the	O
interactive	O
SQL	B-Language
client	B-Protocol
supplied	O
with	O
Sybase	B-Application
's	O
Adaptive	B-Application
Server	I-Application
Enterprise	I-Application
(	O
ASE	B-Application
)	O
relational	B-Application
database	I-Application
management	I-Application
system	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
isql	O
and	O
sqsh	B-Language
are	O
,	O
essentially	O
,	O
rudimentary	O
command-line	O
tools	O
for	O
issuing	O
Transact-SQL	B-Language
commands	O
to	O
an	O
ASE	B-Application
Server	O
and	O
receiving	O
and	O
displaying	O
results	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Sqsh	B-Language
supports	O
,	O
among	O
others	O
,	O
command	O
history	O
,	O
aliases	O
and	O
piping	O
output	O
to	O
or	O
from	O
external	O
programs	O
and	O
sources	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
runs	O
on	O
various	O
flavours	O
of	O
Unix	B-Application
,	O
including	O
Linux	B-Application
as	O
well	O
as	O
Windows	B-Application
through	O
the	O
Cygwin	B-Language
libraries	O
.	O
</s>
