Merge the latest trunk enhancements and fixes into the jsonb branch.

FossilOrigin-Name: a838ebcbbd9f554fd84a1d3176fb572faaef7d0ec0675f1a5bf9430865dafae0

2 files changed, 896 insertions, 1178 deletions

diff --git a/src/btreeInt.h b/src/btreeInt.h
index 563e15f8a..67a7db25c 100644
--- a/src/btreeInt.h
+++ b/src/btreeInt.h
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@
 **     22       1     Min embedded payload fraction (must be 32)
 **     23       1     Min leaf payload fraction (must be 32)
 **     24       4     File change counter
-**     28       4     Reserved for future use
+**     28       4     The size of the database in pages
 **     32       4     First freelist page
 **     36       4     Number of freelist pages in the file
 **     40      60     15 4-byte meta values passed to higher layers
diff --git a/src/shell.c.in b/src/shell.c.in
index 0e0dbd36c..0ffd2b8d7 100644
--- a/src/shell.c.in
+++ b/src/shell.c.in
@@ -234,29 +234,58 @@ typedef unsigned char u8;
 
 /* string conversion routines only needed on Win32 */
 extern char *sqlite3_win32_unicode_to_utf8(LPCWSTR);
-extern char *sqlite3_win32_mbcs_to_utf8_v2(const char *, int);
-extern char *sqlite3_win32_utf8_to_mbcs_v2(const char *, int);
 extern LPWSTR sqlite3_win32_utf8_to_unicode(const char *zText);
 #endif
 
-/* On Windows, we normally run with output mode of TEXT so that \n characters
-** are automatically translated into \r\n.  However, this behavior needs
-** to be disabled in some cases (ex: when generating CSV output and when
-** rendering quoted strings that contain \n characters).  The following
-** routines take care of that.
-*/
-#if (defined(_WIN32) || defined(WIN32)) && !SQLITE_OS_WINRT
-static void setBinaryMode(FILE *file, int isOutput){
-  if( isOutput ) fflush(file);
-  _setmode(_fileno(file), _O_BINARY);
-}
-static void setTextMode(FILE *file, int isOutput){
-  if( isOutput ) fflush(file);
-  _setmode(_fileno(file), _O_TEXT);
-}
+/* Use console I/O package as a direct INCLUDE. */
+#define SQLITE_INTERNAL_LINKAGE static
+
+#ifdef SQLITE_SHELL_FIDDLE
+/* Deselect most features from the console I/O package for Fiddle. */
+# define SQLITE_CIO_NO_REDIRECT
+# define SQLITE_CIO_NO_CLASSIFY
+# define SQLITE_CIO_NO_TRANSLATE
+# define SQLITE_CIO_NO_SETMODE
+#endif
+INCLUDE ../ext/consio/console_io.h
+INCLUDE ../ext/consio/console_io.c
+
+#ifndef SQLITE_SHELL_FIDDLE
+
+/* From here onward, fgets() is redirected to the console_io library. */
+# define fgets(b,n,f) fGetsUtf8(b,n,f)
+/*
+ * Define macros for emitting output text in various ways:
+ *  sputz(s, z)      => emit 0-terminated string z to given stream s
+ *  sputf(s, f, ...) => emit varargs per format f to given stream s
+ *  oputz(z)         => emit 0-terminated string z to default stream
+ *  oputf(f, ...)    => emit varargs per format f to default stream
+ *  eputz(z)         => emit 0-terminated string z to error stream
+ *  eputf(f, ...)    => emit varargs per format f to error stream
+ *  oputb(b, n)      => emit char buffer b[0..n-1] to default stream
+ *
+ * Note that the default stream is whatever has been last set via:
+ *   setOutputStream(FILE *pf)
+ * This is normally the stream that CLI normal output goes to.
+ * For the stand-alone CLI, it is stdout with no .output redirect.
+ */
+# define sputz(s,z) fPutsUtf8(z,s)
+# define sputf fPrintfUtf8
+# define oputz(z) oPutsUtf8(z)
+# define oputf oPrintfUtf8
+# define eputz(z) ePutsUtf8(z)
+# define eputf ePrintfUtf8
+# define oputb(buf,na) oPutbUtf8(buf,na)
+
 #else
-# define setBinaryMode(X,Y)
-# define setTextMode(X,Y)
+/* For Fiddle, all console handling and emit redirection is omitted. */
+# define sputz(fp,z) fputs(z,fp)
+# define sputf(fp,fmt, ...) fprintf(fp,fmt,__VA_ARGS__)
+# define oputz(z) fputs(z,stdout)
+# define oputf(fmt, ...) printf(fmt,__VA_ARGS__)
+# define eputz(z) fputs(z,stderr)
+# define eputf(fmt, ...) fprintf(stderr,fmt,__VA_ARGS__)
+# define oputb(buf,na) fwrite(buf,1,na,stdout)
 #endif
 
 /* True if the timer is enabled */
@@ -331,10 +360,10 @@ static void endTimer(void){
     sqlite3_int64 iEnd = timeOfDay();
     struct rusage sEnd;
     getrusage(RUSAGE_SELF, &sEnd);
-    printf("Run Time: real %.3f user %f sys %f\n",
-       (iEnd - iBegin)*0.001,
-       timeDiff(&sBegin.ru_utime, &sEnd.ru_utime),
-       timeDiff(&sBegin.ru_stime, &sEnd.ru_stime));
+    sputf(stdout, "Run Time: real %.3f user %f sys %f\n",
+          (iEnd - iBegin)*0.001,
+          timeDiff(&sBegin.ru_utime, &sEnd.ru_utime),
+          timeDiff(&sBegin.ru_stime, &sEnd.ru_stime));
   }
 }
 
@@ -410,10 +439,10 @@ static void endTimer(void){
     FILETIME ftCreation, ftExit, ftKernelEnd, ftUserEnd;
     sqlite3_int64 ftWallEnd = timeOfDay();
     getProcessTimesAddr(hProcess,&ftCreation,&ftExit,&ftKernelEnd,&ftUserEnd);
-    printf("Run Time: real %.3f user %f sys %f\n",
-       (ftWallEnd - ftWallBegin)*0.001,
-       timeDiff(&ftUserBegin, &ftUserEnd),
-       timeDiff(&ftKernelBegin, &ftKernelEnd));
+    oputf("Run Time: real %.3f user %f sys %f\n",
+          (ftWallEnd - ftWallBegin)*0.001,
+          timeDiff(&ftUserBegin, &ftUserEnd),
+          timeDiff(&ftKernelBegin, &ftKernelEnd));
   }
 }
 
@@ -450,28 +479,9 @@ static int bail_on_error = 0;
 static int stdin_is_interactive = 1;
 
 /*
-** If build is for non-RT Windows, without 3rd-party line editing,
-** console input and output may be done in a UTF-8 compatible way,
-** if the OS is capable of it and the --no-utf8 option is not seen.
-*/
-#if (defined(_WIN32) || defined(WIN32)) && SHELL_USE_LOCAL_GETLINE \
-  && !defined(SHELL_OMIT_WIN_UTF8) && !SQLITE_OS_WINRT
-# define SHELL_WIN_UTF8_OPT 1
-/* Record whether to do UTF-8 console I/O translation per stream. */
-  static int console_utf8_in = 0;
-  static int console_utf8_out = 0;
-/* Record whether can do UTF-8 or --no-utf8 seen in invocation. */
-  static int mbcs_opted = 1; /* Assume cannot do until shown otherwise. */
-#else
-# define console_utf8_in 0
-# define console_utf8_out 0
-# define SHELL_WIN_UTF8_OPT 0
-#endif
-
-/*
-** On Windows systems we have to know if standard output is a console
-** in order to translate UTF-8 into MBCS.  The following variable is
-** true if translation is required.
+** On Windows systems we need to know if standard output is a console
+** in order to show that UTF-16 translation is done in the sign-on
+** banner. The following variable is true if it is the console.
 */
 static int stdout_is_console = 1;
 
@@ -593,250 +603,17 @@ static char *dynamicContinuePrompt(void){
         shell_strncpy(dynPrompt.dynamicPrompt, "(x.", 4);
         dynPrompt.dynamicPrompt[2] = (char)('0'+dynPrompt.inParenLevel);
       }
-      shell_strncpy(dynPrompt.dynamicPrompt+3, continuePrompt+3, PROMPT_LEN_MAX-4);
+      shell_strncpy(dynPrompt.dynamicPrompt+3, continuePrompt+3,
+                    PROMPT_LEN_MAX-4);
     }
   }
   return dynPrompt.dynamicPrompt;
 }
 #endif /* !defined(SQLITE_OMIT_DYNAPROMPT) */
 
-#if SHELL_WIN_UTF8_OPT
-/* Following struct is used for UTF-8 console I/O. */
-static struct ConsoleState {
-  int stdinEof;      /* EOF has been seen on console input */
-  int infsMode;      /* Input file stream mode upon shell start */
-  UINT inCodePage;   /* Input code page upon shell start */
-  UINT outCodePage;  /* Output code page upon shell start */
-  HANDLE hConsole;   /* Console input or output handle */
-  DWORD consoleMode; /* Console mode upon shell start */
-} conState = { 0, 0, 0, 0, INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE, 0 };
-
-#ifndef _O_U16TEXT /* For build environments lacking this constant: */
-# define _O_U16TEXT 0x20000
-#endif
-
-/*
-** If given stream number is a console, return 1 and get some attributes,
-** else return 0 and set the output attributes to invalid values.
-*/
-static short console_attrs(unsigned stnum, HANDLE *pH, DWORD *pConsMode){
-  static int stid[3] = { STD_INPUT_HANDLE,STD_OUTPUT_HANDLE,STD_ERROR_HANDLE };
-  HANDLE h;
-  *pH = INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE;
-  *pConsMode = 0;
-  if( stnum > 2 ) return 0;
-  h = GetStdHandle(stid[stnum]);
-  if( h!=*pH && GetFileType(h)==FILE_TYPE_CHAR && GetConsoleMode(h,pConsMode) ){
-    *pH = h;
-    return 1;
-  }
-  return 0;
-}
-
-/*
-** Perform a runtime test of Windows console to determine if it can
-** do char-stream I/O correctly when the code page is set to CP_UTF8.
-** Returns are: 1 => yes it can, 0 => no it cannot
-**
-** The console's output code page is momentarily set, then restored.
-** So this should only be run when the process is given use of the
-** console for either input or output.
-*/
-static short ConsoleDoesUTF8(void){
-  UINT ocp = GetConsoleOutputCP();
-  const char TrialUtf8[] = { '\xC8', '\xAB' }; /* "ȫ" or 2 MBCS characters */
-  WCHAR aReadBack[1] = { 0 }; /* Read back as 0x022B when decoded as UTF-8. */
-  CONSOLE_SCREEN_BUFFER_INFO csbInfo = {0};
-  /* Create an inactive screen buffer with which to do the experiment. */
-  HANDLE hCSB = CreateConsoleScreenBuffer(GENERIC_READ|GENERIC_WRITE, 0, 0,
-                                          CONSOLE_TEXTMODE_BUFFER, NULL);
-  if( hCSB!=INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE ){
-    COORD cpos = {0,0};
-    DWORD rbc;
-    SetConsoleCursorPosition(hCSB, cpos);
-    SetConsoleOutputCP(CP_UTF8);
-    /* Write 2 chars which are a single character in UTF-8 but more in MBCS. */
-    WriteConsoleA(hCSB, TrialUtf8, sizeof(TrialUtf8), NULL, NULL);
-    ReadConsoleOutputCharacterW(hCSB, &aReadBack[0], 1, cpos, &rbc);
-    GetConsoleScreenBufferInfo(hCSB, &csbInfo);
-    SetConsoleOutputCP(ocp);
-    CloseHandle(hCSB);
-  }
-  /* Return 1 if cursor advanced by 1 position, else 0. */
-  return (short)(csbInfo.dwCursorPosition.X == 1 && aReadBack[0] == 0x022B);
-}
-
-static short in_console = 0;
-static short out_console = 0;
-
-/*
-** Determine whether either normal I/O stream is the console,
-** and whether it can do UTF-8 translation, setting globals
-** in_console, out_console and mbcs_opted accordingly.
-*/
-static void probe_console(void){
-  HANDLE h;
-  DWORD cMode;
-  in_console = console_attrs(0, &h, &cMode);
-  out_console = console_attrs(1, &h, &cMode);
-  if( in_console || out_console ) mbcs_opted = !ConsoleDoesUTF8();
-}
-
-/*
-** If console is used for normal I/O, absent a --no-utf8 option,
-** prepare console for UTF-8 input (from either typing or suitable
-** paste operations) and/or for UTF-8 output rendering.
-**
-** The console state upon entry is preserved, in conState, so that
-** console_restore() can later restore the same console state.
-**
-** The globals console_utf8_in and console_utf8_out are set, for
-** later use in selecting UTF-8 or MBCS console I/O translations.
-** This routine depends upon globals set by probe_console().
-*/
-static void console_prepare_utf8(void){
-  struct ConsoleState csWork = { 0, 0, 0, 0, INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE, 0 };
-
-  console_utf8_in = console_utf8_out = 0;
-  if( (!in_console && !out_console) || mbcs_opted ) return;
-  console_attrs((in_console)? 0 : 1, &conState.hConsole, &conState.consoleMode);
-  conState.inCodePage = GetConsoleCP();
-  conState.outCodePage = GetConsoleOutputCP();
-  if( in_console ){
-    SetConsoleCP(CP_UTF8);
-    SetConsoleMode(conState.hConsole, conState.consoleMode
-                   | ENABLE_LINE_INPUT | ENABLE_PROCESSED_INPUT);
-    conState.infsMode = _setmode(_fileno(stdin), _O_U16TEXT);
-    console_utf8_in = 1;
-  }
-  if( out_console ){
-    SetConsoleOutputCP(CP_UTF8);
-    console_utf8_out = 1;
-  }
-}
-
-/*
-** Undo the effects of console_prepare_utf8(), if any.
-*/
-static void SQLITE_CDECL console_restore(void){
-  if( (console_utf8_in||console_utf8_out)
-      && conState.hConsole!=INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE ){
-    if( console_utf8_in ){
-      SetConsoleCP(conState.inCodePage);
-      _setmode(_fileno(stdin), conState.infsMode);
-    }
-    if( console_utf8_out ) SetConsoleOutputCP(conState.outCodePage);
-    SetConsoleMode(conState.hConsole, conState.consoleMode);
-    /* Avoid multiple calls. */
-    conState.hConsole = INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE;
-    conState.consoleMode = 0;
-    console_utf8_in = 0;
-    console_utf8_out = 0;
-  }
-}
-
-/*
-** Collect input like fgets(...) with special provisions for input
-** from the Windows console to get around its strange coding issues.
-** Defers to plain fgets() when input is not interactive or when the
-** UTF-8 input is unavailable or opted out.
-*/
-static char* utf8_fgets(char *buf, int ncmax, FILE *fin){
-  if( fin==0 ) fin = stdin;
-  if( fin==stdin && stdin_is_interactive && console_utf8_in ){
-# define SQLITE_IALIM 150
-    wchar_t wbuf[SQLITE_IALIM];
-    int lend = 0;
-    int noc = 0;
-    if( ncmax==0 || conState.stdinEof ) return 0;
-    buf[0] = 0;
-    while( noc<ncmax-7-1 && !lend ){
-      /* There is room for at least 2 more characters and a 0-terminator. */
-      int na = (ncmax > SQLITE_IALIM*4+1 + noc)
-        ? SQLITE_IALIM : (ncmax-1 - noc)/4;
-# undef SQLITE_IALIM
-      DWORD nbr = 0;
-      BOOL bRC = ReadConsoleW(conState.hConsole, wbuf, na, &nbr, 0);
-      if( !bRC || (noc==0 && nbr==0) ) return 0;
-      if( nbr > 0 ){
-        int nmb = WideCharToMultiByte(CP_UTF8,WC_COMPOSITECHECK|WC_DEFAULTCHAR,
-                                      wbuf,nbr,0,0,0,0);
-        if( nmb !=0 && noc+nmb <= ncmax ){
-          int iseg = noc;
-          nmb = WideCharToMultiByte(CP_UTF8,WC_COMPOSITECHECK|WC_DEFAULTCHAR,
-                                    wbuf,nbr,buf+noc,nmb,0,0);
-          noc += nmb;
-          /* Fixup line-ends as coded by Windows for CR (or "Enter".)*/
-          if( noc > 0 ){
-            if( buf[noc-1]=='\n' ){
-              lend = 1;
-              if( noc > 1 && buf[noc-2]=='\r' ){
-                buf[noc-2] = '\n';
-                --noc;
-              }
-            }
-          }
-          /* Check for ^Z (anywhere in line) too. */
-          while( iseg < noc ){
-            if( buf[iseg]==0x1a ){
-              conState.stdinEof = 1;
-              noc = iseg; /* Chop ^Z and anything following. */
-              break;
-            }
-            ++iseg;
-          }
-        }else break; /* Drop apparent garbage in. (Could assert.) */
-      }else break;
-    }
-    /* If got nothing, (after ^Z chop), must be at end-of-file. */
-    if( noc == 0 ) return 0;
-    buf[noc] = 0;
-    return buf;
-  }else{
-    return fgets(buf, ncmax, fin);
-  }
-}
-
-# define fgets(b,n,f) utf8_fgets(b,n,f)
-#endif /* SHELL_WIN_UTF8_OPT */
-
-/*
-** Render output like fprintf().  Except, if the output is going to the
-** console and if this is running on a Windows machine, and if UTF-8
-** output unavailable (or available but opted out), translate the
-** output from UTF-8 into MBCS for output through 8-bit stdout stream.
-** (Without -no-utf8, no translation is needed and must not be done.)
-*/
-#if defined(_WIN32) || defined(WIN32)
-void utf8_printf(FILE *out, const char *zFormat, ...){
-  va_list ap;
-  va_start(ap, zFormat);
-  if( stdout_is_console && (out==stdout || out==stderr) && !console_utf8_out ){
-    char *z1 = sqlite3_vmprintf(zFormat, ap);
-    char *z2 = sqlite3_win32_utf8_to_mbcs_v2(z1, 0);
-    sqlite3_free(z1);
-    fputs(z2, out);
-    sqlite3_free(z2);
-  }else{
-    vfprintf(out, zFormat, ap);
-  }
-  va_end(ap);
-}
-#elif !defined(utf8_printf)
-# define utf8_printf fprintf
-#endif
-
-/*
-** Render output like fprintf().  This should not be used on anything that
-** includes string formatting (e.g. "%s").
-*/
-#if !defined(raw_printf)
-# define raw_printf fprintf
-#endif
-
 /* Indicate out-of-memory and exit. */
 static void shell_out_of_memory(void){
-  raw_printf(stderr,"Error: out of memory\n");
+  eputz("Error: out of memory\n");
   exit(1);
 }
 
@@ -868,18 +645,18 @@ static void SQLITE_CDECL iotracePrintf(const char *zFormat, ...){
   va_start(ap, zFormat);
   z = sqlite3_vmprintf(zFormat, ap);
   va_end(ap);
-  utf8_printf(iotrace, "%s", z);
+  sputf(iotrace, "%s", z);
   sqlite3_free(z);
 }
 #endif
 
 /*
-** Output string zUtf to stream pOut as w characters.  If w is negative,
+** Output string zUtf to Out stream as w characters.  If w is negative,
 ** then right-justify the text.  W is the width in UTF-8 characters, not
 ** in bytes.  This is different from the %*.*s specification in printf
 ** since with %*.*s the width is measured in bytes, not characters.
 */
-static void utf8_width_print(FILE *pOut, int w, const char *zUtf){
+static void utf8_width_print(int w, const char *zUtf){
   int i;
   int n;
   int aw = w<0 ? -w : w;
@@ -894,11 +671,11 @@ static void utf8_width_print(FILE *pOut, int w, const char *zUtf){
     }
   }
   if( n>=aw ){
-    utf8_printf(pOut, "%.*s", i, zUtf);
+    oputf("%.*s", i, zUtf);
   }else if( w<0 ){
-    utf8_printf(pOut, "%*s%s", aw-n, "", zUtf);
+    oputf("%*s%s", aw-n, "", zUtf);
   }else{
-    utf8_printf(pOut, "%s%*s", zUtf, aw-n, "");
+    oputf("%s%*s", zUtf, aw-n, "");
   }
 }
 
@@ -958,7 +735,7 @@ static int strlenChar(const char *z){
 ** Otherwise return 0.
 */
 static FILE * openChrSource(const char *zFile){
-#ifdef _WIN32
+#if defined(_WIN32) || defined(WIN32)
   struct _stat x = {0};
 # define STAT_CHR_SRC(mode) ((mode & (_S_IFCHR|_S_IFIFO|_S_IFREG))!=0)
   /* On Windows, open first, then check the stream nature. This order
@@ -1021,23 +798,6 @@ static char *local_getline(char *zLine, FILE *in){
       break;
     }
   }
-#if defined(_WIN32) || defined(WIN32)
-  /* For interactive input on Windows systems, with -no-utf8,
-  ** translate the multi-byte characterset characters into UTF-8.
-  ** This is the translation that predates console UTF-8 input. */
-  if( stdin_is_interactive && in==stdin && !console_utf8_in ){
-    char *zTrans = sqlite3_win32_mbcs_to_utf8_v2(zLine, 0);
-    if( zTrans ){
-      i64 nTrans = strlen(zTrans)+1;
-      if( nTrans>nLine ){
-        zLine = realloc(zLine, nTrans);
-        shell_check_oom(zLine);
-      }
-      memcpy(zLine, zTrans, nTrans);
-      sqlite3_free(zTrans);
-    }
-  }
-#endif /* defined(_WIN32) || defined(WIN32) */
   return zLine;
 }
 
@@ -1064,7 +824,7 @@ static char *one_input_line(FILE *in, char *zPrior, int isContinuation){
   }else{
     zPrompt = isContinuation ? CONTINUATION_PROMPT : mainPrompt;
 #if SHELL_USE_LOCAL_GETLINE
-    printf("%s", zPrompt);
+    sputz(stdout, zPrompt);
     fflush(stdout);
     do{
       zResult = local_getline(zPrior, stdin);
@@ -1311,11 +1071,7 @@ static void shellDtostr(
   char z[400];
   if( n<1 ) n = 1;
   if( n>350 ) n = 350;
-#if defined(_MSC_VER)
-  _snprintf(z, sizeof(z)-2, "%#+.*e", n, r);
-#else
-  snprintf(z, sizeof(z)-1, "%#+.*e", n, r);
-#endif
+  sqlite3_snprintf(sizeof(z), z, "%#+.*e", n, r);
   sqlite3_result_text(pCtx, z, -1, SQLITE_TRANSIENT);
 }
 
@@ -1729,7 +1485,7 @@ static const char *modeDescr[] = {
 static void shellLog(void *pArg, int iErrCode, const char *zMsg){
   ShellState *p = (ShellState*)pArg;
   if( p->pLog==0 ) return;
-  utf8_printf(p->pLog, "(%d) %s\n", iErrCode, zMsg);
+  sputf(p->pLog, "(%d) %s\n", iErrCode, zMsg);
   fflush(p->pLog);
 }
 
@@ -1744,9 +1500,9 @@ static void shellPutsFunc(
   int nVal,
   sqlite3_value **apVal
 ){
-  ShellState *p = (ShellState*)sqlite3_user_data(pCtx);
+  /* Unused: (ShellState*)sqlite3_user_data(pCtx); */
   (void)nVal;
-  utf8_printf(p->out, "%s\n", sqlite3_value_text(apVal[0]));
+  oputf("%s\n", sqlite3_value_text(apVal[0]));
   sqlite3_result_value(pCtx, apVal[0]);
 }
 
@@ -1765,8 +1521,7 @@ static void failIfSafeMode(
     va_start(ap, zErrMsg);
     zMsg = sqlite3_vmprintf(zErrMsg, ap);
     va_end(ap);
-    raw_printf(stderr, "line %d: ", p->lineno);
-    utf8_printf(stderr, "%s\n", zMsg);
+    eputf("line %d: %s\n", p->lineno, zMsg);
     exit(1);
   }
 }
@@ -1934,7 +1689,7 @@ static void outputModePop(ShellState *p){
 /*
 ** Output the given string as a hex-encoded blob (eg. X'1234' )
 */
-static void output_hex_blob(FILE *out, const void *pBlob, int nBlob){
+static void output_hex_blob(const void *pBlob, int nBlob){
   int i;
   unsigned char *aBlob = (unsigned char*)pBlob;
 
@@ -1951,7 +1706,7 @@ static void output_hex_blob(FILE *out, const void *pBlob, int nBlob){
   }
   zStr[i*2] = '\0';
 
-  raw_printf(out,"X'%s'", zStr);
+  oputf("X'%s'", zStr);
   sqlite3_free(zStr);
 }
 
@@ -1981,25 +1736,28 @@ static const char *unused_string(
 **
 ** See also: output_quoted_escaped_string()
 */
-static void output_quoted_string(FILE *out, const char *z){
+static void output_quoted_string(const char *z){
   int i;
   char c;
-  setBinaryMode(out, 1);
+#ifndef SQLITE_SHELL_FIDDLE
+  FILE *pfO = setOutputStream(invalidFileStream);
+  setBinaryMode(pfO, 1);
+#endif
   if( z==0 ) return;
   for(i=0; (c = z[i])!=0 && c!='\''; i++){}
   if( c==0 ){
-    utf8_printf(out,"'%s'",z);
+    oputf("'%s'",z);
   }else{
-    raw_printf(out, "'");
+    oputz("'");
     while( *z ){
       for(i=0; (c = z[i])!=0 && c!='\''; i++){}
       if( c=='\'' ) i++;
       if( i ){
-        utf8_printf(out, "%.*s", i, z);
+        oputf("%.*s", i, z);
         z += i;
       }
       if( c=='\'' ){
-        raw_printf(out, "'");
+        oputz("'");
         continue;
       }
       if( c==0 ){
@@ -2007,9 +1765,13 @@ static void output_quoted_string(FILE *out, const char *z){
       }
       z++;
     }
-    raw_printf(out, "'");
+    oputz("'");
   }
-  setTextMode(out, 1);
+#ifndef SQLITE_SHELL_FIDDLE
+  setTextMode(pfO, 1);
+#else
+  setTextMode(stdout, 1);
+#endif
 }
 
 /*
@@ -2021,13 +1783,16 @@ static void output_quoted_string(FILE *out, const char *z){
 ** This is like output_quoted_string() but with the addition of the \r\n
 ** escape mechanism.
 */
-static void output_quoted_escaped_string(FILE *out, const char *z){
+static void output_quoted_escaped_string(const char *z){
   int i;
   char c;
-  setBinaryMode(out, 1);
+#ifndef SQLITE_SHELL_FIDDLE
+  FILE *pfO = setOutputStream(invalidFileStream);
+  setBinaryMode(pfO, 1);
+#endif
   for(i=0; (c = z[i])!=0 && c!='\'' && c!='\n' && c!='\r'; i++){}
   if( c==0 ){
-    utf8_printf(out,"'%s'",z);
+    oputf("'%s'",z);
   }else{
     const char *zNL = 0;
     const char *zCR = 0;
@@ -2039,23 +1804,23 @@ static void output_quoted_escaped_string(FILE *out, const char *z){
       if( z[i]=='\r' ) nCR++;
     }
     if( nNL ){
-      raw_printf(out, "replace(");
+      oputz("replace(");
       zNL = unused_string(z, "\\n", "\\012", zBuf1);
     }
     if( nCR ){
-      raw_printf(out, "replace(");
+      oputz("replace(");
       zCR = unused_string(z, "\\r", "\\015", zBuf2);
     }
-    raw_printf(out, "'");
+    oputz("'");
     while( *z ){
       for(i=0; (c = z[i])!=0 && c!='\n' && c!='\r' && c!='\''; i++){}
       if( c=='\'' ) i++;
       if( i ){
-        utf8_printf(out, "%.*s", i, z);
+        oputf("%.*s", i, z);
         z += i;
       }
       if( c=='\'' ){
-        raw_printf(out, "'");
+        oputz("'");
         continue;
       }
       if( c==0 ){
@@ -2063,93 +1828,139 @@ static void output_quoted_escaped_string(FILE *out, const char *z){
       }
       z++;
       if( c=='\n' ){
-        raw_printf(out, "%s", zNL);
+        oputz(zNL);
         continue;
       }
-      raw_printf(out, "%s", zCR);
+      oputz(zCR);
     }
-    raw_printf(out, "'");
+    oputz("'");
     if( nCR ){
-      raw_printf(out, ",'%s',char(13))", zCR);
+      oputf(",'%s',char(13))", zCR);
     }
     if( nNL ){
-      raw_printf(out, ",'%s',char(10))", zNL);
+      oputf(",'%s',char(10))", zNL);
     }
   }
-  setTextMode(out, 1);
+#ifndef SQLITE_SHELL_FIDDLE
+  setTextMode(pfO, 1);
+#else
+  setTextMode(stdout, 1);
+#endif
 }
 
 /*
+** Find earliest of chars within s specified in zAny.
+** With ns == ~0, is like strpbrk(s,zAny) and s must be 0-terminated.
+*/
+static const char *anyOfInStr(const char *s, const char *zAny, size_t ns){
+  const char *pcFirst = 0;
+  if( ns == ~(size_t)0 ) ns = strlen(s);
+  while(*zAny){
+    const char *pc = (const char*)memchr(s, *zAny&0xff, ns);
+    if( pc ){
+      pcFirst = pc;
+      ns = pcFirst - s;
+    }
+    ++zAny;
+  }
+  return pcFirst;
+}
+/*
 ** Output the given string as a quoted according to C or TCL quoting rules.
 */
-static void output_c_string(FILE *out, const char *z){
-  unsigned int c;
-  fputc('"', out);
-  while( (c = *(z++))!=0 ){
-    if( c=='\\' ){
-      fputc(c, out);
-      fputc(c, out);
-    }else if( c=='"' ){
-      fputc('\\', out);
-      fputc('"', out);
-    }else if( c=='\t' ){
-      fputc('\\', out);
-      fputc('t', out);
-    }else if( c=='\n' ){
-      fputc('\\', out);
-      fputc('n', out);
-    }else if( c=='\r' ){
-      fputc('\\', out);
-      fputc('r', out);
+static void output_c_string(const char *z){
+  char c;
+  static const char *zq = "\"";
+  static long ctrlMask = ~0L;
+  static const char *zDQBSRO = "\"\\\x7f"; /* double-quote, backslash, rubout */
+  char ace[3] = "\\?";
+  char cbsSay;
+  oputz(zq);
+  while( *z!=0 ){
+    const char *pcDQBSRO = anyOfInStr(z, zDQBSRO, ~(size_t)0);
+    const char *pcPast = zSkipValidUtf8(z, INT_MAX, ctrlMask);
+    const char *pcEnd = (pcDQBSRO && pcDQBSRO < pcPast)? pcDQBSRO : pcPast;
+    if( pcEnd > z ) oputb(z, (int)(pcEnd-z));
+    if( (c = *pcEnd)==0 ) break;
+    ++pcEnd;
+    switch( c ){
+    case '\\': case '"':
+      cbsSay = (char)c;
+      break;
+    case '\t': cbsSay = 't'; break;
+    case '\n': cbsSay = 'n'; break;
+    case '\r': cbsSay = 'r'; break;
+    case '\f': cbsSay = 'f'; break;
+    default: cbsSay = 0; break;
+    }
+    if( cbsSay ){
+      ace[1] = cbsSay;
+      oputz(ace);
     }else if( !isprint(c&0xff) ){
-      raw_printf(out, "\\%03o", c&0xff);
+      oputf("\\%03o", c&0xff);
     }else{
-      fputc(c, out);
+      ace[1] = (char)c;
+      oputz(ace+1);
     }
+    z = pcEnd;
   }
-  fputc('"', out);
+  oputz(zq);
 }
 
 /*
 ** Output the given string as a quoted according to JSON quoting rules.
 */
-static void output_json_string(FILE *out, const char *z, i64 n){
-  unsigned int c;
+static void output_json_string(const char *z, i64 n){
+  char c;
+  static const char *zq = "\"";
+  static long ctrlMask = ~0L;
+  static const char *zDQBS = "\"\\";
+  const char *pcLimit;
+  char ace[3] = "\\?";
+  char cbsSay;
+
   if( z==0 ) z = "";
-  if( n<0 ) n = strlen(z);
-  fputc('"', out);
-  while( n-- ){
+  pcLimit = z + ((n<0)? strlen(z) : (size_t)n);
+  oputz(zq);
+  while( z < pcLimit ){
+    const char *pcDQBS = anyOfInStr(z, zDQBS, pcLimit-z);
+    const char *pcPast = zSkipValidUtf8(z, (int)(pcLimit-z), ctrlMask);
+    const char *pcEnd = (pcDQBS && pcDQBS < pcPast)? pcDQBS : pcPast;
+    if( pcEnd > z ){
+      oputb(z, (int)(pcEnd-z));
+      z = pcEnd;
+    }
+    if( z >= pcLimit ) break;
     c = *(z++);
-    if( c=='\\' || c=='"' ){
-      fputc('\\', out);
-      fputc(c, out);
+    switch( c ){
+    case '"': case '\\':
+      cbsSay = (char)c;
+      break;
+    case '\b': cbsSay = 'b'; break;
+    case '\f': cbsSay = 'f'; break;
+    case '\n': cbsSay = 'n'; break;
+    case '\r': cbsSay = 'r'; break;
+    case '\t': cbsSay = 't'; break;
+    default: cbsSay = 0; break;
+    }
+    if( cbsSay ){
+      ace[1] = cbsSay;
+      oputz(ace);
     }else if( c<=0x1f ){
-      fputc('\\', out);
-      if( c=='\b' ){
-        fputc('b', out);
-      }else if( c=='\f' ){
-        fputc('f', out);
-      }else if( c=='\n' ){
-        fputc('n', out);
-      }else if( c=='\r' ){
-        fputc('r', out);
-      }else if( c=='\t' ){
-        fputc('t', out);
-      }else{
-         raw_printf(out, "u%04x",c);
-      }
+      oputf("u%04x", c);
     }else{
-      fputc(c, out);
+      ace[1] = (char)c;
+      oputz(ace+1);
     }
   }
-  fputc('"', out);
+  oputz(zq);
 }
 
 /*
 ** Output the given string with characters that are special to
 ** HTML escaped.
 */
-static void output_html_string(FILE *out, const char *z){
+static void output_html_string(const char *z){
   int i;
   if( z==0 ) z = "";
   while( *z ){
@@ -2161,18 +1972,18 @@ static void output_html_string(FILE *out, const char *z){
             && z[i]!='\'';
         i++){}
     if( i>0 ){
-      utf8_printf(out,"%.*s",i,z);
+      oputf("%.*s",i,z);
     }
     if( z[i]=='<' ){
-      raw_printf(out,"&lt;");
+      oputz("&lt;");
     }else if( z[i]=='&' ){
-      raw_printf(out,"&amp;");
+      oputz("&amp;");
     }else if( z[i]=='>' ){
-      raw_printf(out,"&gt;");
+      oputz("&gt;");
     }else if( z[i]=='\"' ){
-      raw_printf(out,"&quot;");
+      oputz("&quot;");
     }else if( z[i]=='\'' ){
-      raw_printf(out,"&#39;");
+      oputz("&#39;");
     }else{
       break;
     }
@@ -2210,9 +2021,8 @@ static const char needCsvQuote[] = {
 ** is only issued if bSep is true.
 */
 static void output_csv(ShellState *p, const char *z, int bSep){
-  FILE *out = p->out;
   if( z==0 ){
-    utf8_printf(out,"%s",p->nullValue);
+    oputf("%s",p->nullValue);
   }else{
     unsigned i;
     for(i=0; z[i]; i++){
@@ -2224,14 +2034,14 @@ static void output_csv(ShellState *p, const char *z, int bSep){
     if( i==0 || strstr(z, p->colSeparator)!=0 ){
       char *zQuoted = sqlite3_mprintf("\"%w\"", z);
       shell_check_oom(zQuoted);
-      utf8_printf(out, "%s", zQuoted);
+      oputz(zQuoted);
       sqlite3_free(zQuoted);
     }else{
-      utf8_printf(out, "%s", z);
+      oputz(z);
     }
   }
   if( bSep ){
-    utf8_printf(p->out, "%s", p->colSeparator);
+    oputz(p->colSeparator);
   }
 }
 
@@ -2339,16 +2149,16 @@ static int shellAuth(
   az[1] = zA2;
   az[2] = zA3;
   az[3] = zA4;
-  utf8_printf(p->out, "authorizer: %s", azAction[op]);
+  oputf("authorizer: %s", azAction[op]);
   for(i=0; i<4; i++){
-    raw_printf(p->out, " ");
+    oputz(" ");
     if( az[i] ){
-      output_c_string(p->out, az[i]);
+      output_c_string(az[i]);
     }else{
-      raw_printf(p->out, "NULL");
+      oputz("NULL");
     }
   }
-  raw_printf(p->out, "\n");
+  oputz("\n");
   if( p->bSafeMode ) (void)safeModeAuth(pClientData, op, zA1, zA2, zA3, zA4);
   return SQLITE_OK;
 }
@@ -2364,7 +2174,7 @@ static int shellAuth(
 ** sqlite3_complete() returns false, try to terminate the comment before
 ** printing the result.  https://sqlite.org/forum/forumpost/d7be961c5c
 */
-static void printSchemaLine(FILE *out, const char *z, const char *zTail){
+static void printSchemaLine(const char *z, const char *zTail){
   char *zToFree = 0;
   if( z==0 ) return;
   if( zTail==0 ) return;
@@ -2386,16 +2196,16 @@ static void printSchemaLine(FILE *out, const char *z, const char *zTail){
     }
   }
   if( sqlite3_strglob("CREATE TABLE ['\"]*", z)==0 ){
-    utf8_printf(out, "CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS %s%s", z+13, zTail);
+    oputf("CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS %s%s", z+13, zTail);
   }else{
-    utf8_printf(out, "%s%s", z, zTail);
+    oputf("%s%s", z, zTail);
   }
   sqlite3_free(zToFree);
 }
-static void printSchemaLineN(FILE *out, char *z, int n, const char *zTail){
+static void printSchemaLineN(char *z, int n, const char *zTail){
   char c = z[n];
   z[n] = 0;
-  printSchemaLine(out, z, zTail);
+  printSchemaLine(z, zTail);
   z[n] = c;
 }
 
@@ -2423,7 +2233,7 @@ static void eqp_append(ShellState *p, int iEqpId, int p2, const char *zText){
   if( zText==0 ) return;
   nText = strlen(zText);
   if( p->autoEQPtest ){
-    utf8_printf(p->out, "%d,%d,%s\n", iEqpId, p2, zText);
+    oputf("%d,%d,%s\n", iEqpId, p2, zText);
   }
   pNew = sqlite3_malloc64( sizeof(*pNew) + nText );
   shell_check_oom(pNew);
@@ -2471,8 +2281,7 @@ static void eqp_render_level(ShellState *p, int iEqpId){
   for(pRow = eqp_next_row(p, iEqpId, 0); pRow; pRow = pNext){
     pNext = eqp_next_row(p, iEqpId, pRow);
     z = pRow->zText;
-    utf8_printf(p->out, "%s%s%s\n", p->sGraph.zPrefix,
-                pNext ? "|--" : "`--", z);
+    oputf("%s%s%s\n", p->sGraph.zPrefix, pNext ? "|--" : "`--", z);
     if( n<(i64)sizeof(p->sGraph.zPrefix)-7 ){
       memcpy(&p->sGraph.zPrefix[n], pNext ? "|  " : "   ", 4);
       eqp_render_level(p, pRow->iEqpId);
@@ -2492,13 +2301,13 @@ static void eqp_render(ShellState *p, i64 nCycle){
         eqp_reset(p);
         return;
       }
-      utf8_printf(p->out, "%s\n", pRow->zText+3);
+      oputf("%s\n", pRow->zText+3);
       p->sGraph.pRow = pRow->pNext;
       sqlite3_free(pRow);
     }else if( nCycle>0 ){
-      utf8_printf(p->out, "QUERY PLAN (cycles=%lld [100%%])\n", nCycle);
+      oputf("QUERY PLAN (cycles=%lld [100%%])\n", nCycle);
     }else{
-      utf8_printf(p->out, "QUERY PLAN\n");
+      oputz("QUERY PLAN\n");
     }
     p->sGraph.zPrefix[0] = 0;
     eqp_render_level(p, 0);
@@ -2514,13 +2323,13 @@ static int progress_handler(void *pClientData) {
   ShellState *p = (ShellState*)pClientData;
   p->nProgress++;
   if( p->nProgress>=p->mxProgress && p->mxProgress>0 ){
-    raw_printf(p->out, "Progress limit reached (%u)\n", p->nProgress);
+    oputf("Progress limit reached (%u)\n", p->nProgress);
     if( p->flgProgress & SHELL_PROGRESS_RESET ) p->nProgress = 0;
     if( p->flgProgress & SHELL_PROGRESS_ONCE ) p->mxProgress = 0;
     return 1;
   }
   if( (p->flgProgress & SHELL_PROGRESS_QUIET)==0 ){
-    raw_printf(p->out, "Progress %u\n", p->nProgress);
+    oputf("Progress %u\n", p->nProgress);
   }
   return 0;
 }
@@ -2529,14 +2338,14 @@ static int progress_handler(void *pClientData) {
 /*
 ** Print N dashes
 */
-static void print_dashes(FILE *out, int N){
+static void print_dashes(int N){
   const char zDash[] = "--------------------------------------------------";
   const int nDash = sizeof(zDash) - 1;
   while( N>nDash ){
-    fputs(zDash, out);
+    oputz(zDash);
     N -= nDash;
   }
-  raw_printf(out, "%.*s", N, zDash);
+  oputf("%.*s", N, zDash);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -2549,15 +2358,15 @@ static void print_row_separator(
 ){
   int i;
   if( nArg>0 ){
-    fputs(zSep, p->out);
-    print_dashes(p->out, p->actualWidth[0]+2);
+    oputz(zSep);
+    print_dashes(p->actualWidth[0]+2);
     for(i=1; i<nArg; i++){
-      fputs(zSep, p->out);
-      print_dashes(p->out, p->actualWidth[i]+2);
+      oputz(zSep);
+      print_dashes(p->actualWidth[i]+2);
     }
-    fputs(zSep, p->out);
+    oputz(zSep);
   }
-  fputs("\n", p->out);
+  oputz("\n");
 }
 
 /*
@@ -2587,10 +2396,10 @@ static int shell_callback(
         int len = strlen30(azCol[i] ? azCol[i] : "");
         if( len>w ) w = len;
       }
-      if( p->cnt++>0 ) utf8_printf(p->out, "%s", p->rowSeparator);
+      if( p->cnt++>0 ) oputz(p->rowSeparator);
       for(i=0; i<nArg; i++){
-        utf8_printf(p->out,"%*s = %s%s", w, azCol[i],
-                azArg[i] ? azArg[i] : p->nullValue, p->rowSeparator);
+        oputf("%*s = %s%s", w, azCol[i],
+              azArg[i] ? azArg[i] : p->nullValue, p->rowSeparator);
       }
       break;
     }
@@ -2617,12 +2426,12 @@ static int shell_callback(
       /* If this is the first row seen, print out the headers */
       if( p->cnt++==0 ){
         for(i=0; i<nArg; i++){
-          utf8_width_print(p->out, aWidth[i], azCol[ aMap[i] ]);
-          fputs(i==nArg-1 ? "\n" : "  ", p->out);
+          utf8_width_print(aWidth[i], azCol[ aMap[i] ]);
+          oputz(i==nArg-1 ? "\n" : "  ");
         }
         for(i=0; i<nArg; i++){
-          print_dashes(p->out, aWidth[i]);
-          fputs(i==nArg-1 ? "\n" : "  ", p->out);
+          print_dashes(aWidth[i]);
+          oputz(i==nArg-1 ? "\n" : "  ");
         }
       }
 
@@ -2640,17 +2449,17 @@ static int shell_callback(
         }
         if( i==iIndent && p->aiIndent && p->pStmt ){
           if( p->iIndent<p->nIndent ){
-            utf8_printf(p->out, "%*.s", p->aiIndent[p->iIndent], "");
+            oputf("%*.s", p->aiIndent[p->iIndent], "");
           }
           p->iIndent++;
         }
-        utf8_width_print(p->out, w, zVal ? zVal : p->nullValue);
-        fputs(i==nArg-1 ? "\n" : zSep, p->out);
+        utf8_width_print(w, zVal ? zVal : p->nullValue);
+        oputz(i==nArg-1 ? "\n" : zSep);
       }
       break;
     }
     case MODE_Semi: {   /* .schema and .fullschema output */
-      printSchemaLine(p->out, azArg[0], ";\n");
+      printSchemaLine(azArg[0], ";\n");
       break;
     }
     case MODE_Pretty: {  /* .schema and .fullschema with --indent */
@@ -2665,7 +2474,7 @@ static int shell_callback(
       if( sqlite3_strlike("CREATE VIEW%", azArg[0], 0)==0
        || sqlite3_strlike("CREATE TRIG%", azArg[0], 0)==0
       ){
-        utf8_printf(p->out, "%s;\n", azArg[0]);
+        oputf("%s;\n", azArg[0]);
         break;
       }
       z = sqlite3_mprintf("%s", azArg[0]);
@@ -2698,7 +2507,7 @@ static int shell_callback(
           }else if( c==')' ){
             nParen--;
             if( nLine>0 && nParen==0 && j>0 ){
-              printSchemaLineN(p->out, z, j, "\n");
+              printSchemaLineN(z, j, "\n");
               j = 0;
             }
           }
@@ -2707,7 +2516,7 @@ static int shell_callback(
            && (c=='(' || c=='\n' || (c==',' && !wsToEol(z+i+1)))
           ){
             if( c=='\n' ) j--;
-            printSchemaLineN(p->out, z, j, "\n  ");
+            printSchemaLineN(z, j, "\n  ");
             j = 0;
             nLine++;
             while( IsSpace(z[i+1]) ){ i++; }
@@ -2715,64 +2524,59 @@ static int shell_callback(
         }
         z[j] = 0;
       }
-      printSchemaLine(p->out, z, ";\n");
+      printSchemaLine(z, ";\n");
       sqlite3_free(z);
       break;
     }
     case MODE_List: {
       if( p->cnt++==0 && p->showHeader ){
         for(i=0; i<nArg; i++){
-          utf8_printf(p->out,"%s%s",azCol[i],
-                  i==nArg-1 ? p->rowSeparator : p->colSeparator);
+          oputf("%s%s",azCol[i], i==nArg-1 ? p->rowSeparator : p->colSeparator);
         }
       }
       if( azArg==0 ) break;
       for(i=0; i<nArg; i++){
         char *z = azArg[i];
         if( z==0 ) z = p->nullValue;
-        utf8_printf(p->out, "%s", z);
-        if( i<nArg-1 ){
-          utf8_printf(p->out, "%s", p->colSeparator);
-        }else{
-          utf8_printf(p->out, "%s", p->rowSeparator);
-        }
+        oputz(z);
+        oputz((i<nArg-1)? p->colSeparator : p->rowSeparator);
       }
       break;
     }
     case MODE_Html: {
       if( p->cnt++==0 && p->showHeader ){
-        raw_printf(p->out,"<TR>");
+        oputz("<TR>");
         for(i=0; i<nArg; i++){
-          raw_printf(p->out,"<TH>");
-          output_html_string(p->out, azCol[i]);
-          raw_printf(p->out,"</TH>\n");
+          oputz("<TH>");
+          output_html_string(azCol[i]);
+          oputz("</TH>\n");
         }
-        raw_printf(p->out,"</TR>\n");
+        oputz("</TR>\n");
       }
       if( azArg==0 ) break;
-      raw_printf(p->out,"<TR>");
+      oputz("<TR>");
       for(i=0; i<nArg; i++){
-        raw_printf(p->out,"<TD>");
-        output_html_string(p->out, azArg[i] ? azArg[i] : p->nullValue);
-        raw_printf(p->out,"</TD>\n");
+        oputz("<TD>");
+        output_html_string(azArg[i] ? azArg[i] : p->nullValue);
+        oputz("</TD>\n");
       }
-      raw_printf(p->out,"</TR>\n");
+      oputz("</TR>\n");
       break;
     }
     case MODE_Tcl: {
       if( p->cnt++==0 && p->showHeader ){
         for(i=0; i<nArg; i++){
-          output_c_string(p->out,azCol[i] ? azCol[i] : "");
-          if(i<nArg-1) utf8_printf(p->out, "%s", p->colSeparator);
+          output_c_string(azCol[i] ? azCol[i] : "");
+          if(i<nArg-1) oputz(p->colSeparator);
         }
-        utf8_printf(p->out, "%s", p->rowSeparator);
+        oputz(p->rowSeparator);
       }
       if( azArg==0 ) break;
       for(i=0; i<nArg; i++){
-        output_c_string(p->out, azArg[i] ? azArg[i] : p->nullValue);
-        if(i<nArg-1) utf8_printf(p->out, "%s", p->colSeparator);
+        output_c_string(azArg[i] ? azArg[i] : p->nullValue);
+        if(i<nArg-1) oputz(p->colSeparator);
       }
-      utf8_printf(p->out, "%s", p->rowSeparator);
+      oputz(p->rowSeparator);
       break;
     }
     case MODE_Csv: {
@@ -2781,57 +2585,57 @@ static int shell_callback(
         for(i=0; i<nArg; i++){
           output_csv(p, azCol[i] ? azCol[i] : "", i<nArg-1);
         }
-        utf8_printf(p->out, "%s", p->rowSeparator);
+        oputz(p->rowSeparator);
       }
       if( nArg>0 ){
         for(i=0; i<nArg; i++){
           output_csv(p, azArg[i], i<nArg-1);
         }
-        utf8_printf(p->out, "%s", p->rowSeparator);
+        oputz(p->rowSeparator);
       }
       setTextMode(p->out, 1);
       break;
     }
     case MODE_Insert: {
       if( azArg==0 ) break;
-      utf8_printf(p->out,"INSERT INTO %s",p->zDestTable);
+      oputf("INSERT INTO %s",p->zDestTable);
       if( p->showHeader ){
-        raw_printf(p->out,"(");
+        oputz("(");
         for(i=0; i<nArg; i++){
-          if( i>0 ) raw_printf(p->out, ",");
+          if( i>0 ) oputz(",");
           if( quoteChar(azCol[i]) ){
             char *z = sqlite3_mprintf("\"%w\"", azCol[i]);
             shell_check_oom(z);
-            utf8_printf(p->out, "%s", z);
+            oputz(z);
             sqlite3_free(z);
           }else{
-            raw_printf(p->out, "%s", azCol[i]);
+            oputf("%s", azCol[i]);
           }
         }
-        raw_printf(p->out,")");
+        oputz(")");
       }
       p->cnt++;
       for(i=0; i<nArg; i++){
-        raw_printf(p->out, i>0 ? "," : " VALUES(");
+        oputz(i>0 ? "," : " VALUES(");
         if( (azArg[i]==0) || (aiType && aiType[i]==SQLITE_NULL) ){
-          utf8_printf(p->out,"NULL");
+          oputz("NULL");
         }else if( aiType && aiType[i]==SQLITE_TEXT ){
           if( ShellHasFlag(p, SHFLG_Newlines) ){
-            output_quoted_string(p->out, azArg[i]);
+            output_quoted_string(azArg[i]);
           }else{
-            output_quoted_escaped_string(p->out, azArg[i]);
+            output_quoted_escaped_string(azArg[i]);
           }
         }else if( aiType && aiType[i]==SQLITE_INTEGER ){
-          utf8_printf(p->out,"%s", azArg[i]);
+          oputz(azArg[i]);
         }else if( aiType && aiType[i]==SQLITE_FLOAT ){
           char z[50];
           double r = sqlite3_column_double(p->pStmt, i);
           sqlite3_uint64 ur;
           memcpy(&ur,&r,sizeof(r));
           if( ur==0x7ff0000000000000LL ){
-            raw_printf(p->out, "9.0e+999");
+            oputz("9.0e+999");
           }else if( ur==0xfff0000000000000LL ){
-            raw_printf(p->out, "-9.0e+999");
+            oputz("-9.0e+999");
           }else{
             sqlite3_int64 ir = (sqlite3_int64)r;
             if( r==(double)ir ){
@@ -2839,21 +2643,21 @@ static int shell_callback(
             }else{
               sqlite3_snprintf(50,z,"%!.20g", r);
             }
-            raw_printf(p->out, "%s", z);
+            oputz(z);
           }
         }else if( aiType && aiType[i]==SQLITE_BLOB && p->pStmt ){
           const void *pBlob = sqlite3_column_blob(p->pStmt, i);
           int nBlob = sqlite3_column_bytes(p->pStmt, i);
-          output_hex_blob(p->out, pBlob, nBlob);
+          output_hex_blob(pBlob, nBlob);
         }else if( isNumber(azArg[i], 0) ){
-          utf8_printf(p->out,"%s", azArg[i]);
+          oputz(azArg[i]);
         }else if( ShellHasFlag(p, SHFLG_Newlines) ){
-          output_quoted_string(p->out, azArg[i]);
+          output_quoted_string(azArg[i]);
         }else{
-          output_quoted_escaped_string(p->out, azArg[i]);
+          output_quoted_escaped_string(azArg[i]);
         }
       }
-      raw_printf(p->out,");\n");
+      oputz(");\n");
       break;
     }
     case MODE_Json: {
@@ -2865,37 +2669,37 @@ static int shell_callback(
       }
       p->cnt++;
       for(i=0; i<nArg; i++){
-        output_json_string(p->out, azCol[i], -1);
-        putc(':', p->out);
+        output_json_string(azCol[i], -1);
+        oputz(":");
         if( (azArg[i]==0) || (aiType && aiType[i]==SQLITE_NULL) ){
-          fputs("null",p->out);
+          oputz("null");
         }else if( aiType && aiType[i]==SQLITE_FLOAT ){
           char z[50];
           double r = sqlite3_column_double(p->pStmt, i);
           sqlite3_uint64 ur;
           memcpy(&ur,&r,sizeof(r));
           if( ur==0x7ff0000000000000LL ){
-            raw_printf(p->out, "9.0e+999");
+            oputz("9.0e+999");
           }else if( ur==0xfff0000000000000LL ){
-            raw_printf(p->out, "-9.0e+999");
+            oputz("-9.0e+999");
           }else{
             sqlite3_snprintf(50,z,"%!.20g", r);
-            raw_printf(p->out, "%s", z);
+            oputz(z);
           }
         }else if( aiType && aiType[i]==SQLITE_BLOB && p->pStmt ){
           const void *pBlob = sqlite3_column_blob(p->pStmt, i);
           int nBlob = sqlite3_column_bytes(p->pStmt, i);
-          output_json_string(p->out, pBlob, nBlob);
+          output_json_string(pBlob, nBlob);
         }else if( aiType && aiType[i]==SQLITE_TEXT ){
-          output_json_string(p->out, azArg[i], -1);
+          output_json_string(azArg[i], -1);
         }else{
-          utf8_printf(p->out,"%s", azArg[i]);
+          oputz(azArg[i]);
         }
         if( i<nArg-1 ){
-          putc(',', p->out);
+          oputz(",");
         }
       }
-      putc('}', p->out);
+      oputz("}");
       break;
     }
     case MODE_Quote: {
@@ -2903,7 +2707,7 @@ static int shell_callback(
       if( p->cnt==0 && p->showHeader ){
         for(i=0; i<nArg; i++){
           if( i>0 ) fputs(p->colSeparator, p->out);
-          output_quoted_string(p->out, azCol[i]);
+          output_quoted_string(azCol[i]);
         }
         fputs(p->rowSeparator, p->out);
       }
@@ -2911,24 +2715,24 @@ static int shell_callback(
       for(i=0; i<nArg; i++){
         if( i>0 ) fputs(p->colSeparator, p->out);
         if( (azArg[i]==0) || (aiType && aiType[i]==SQLITE_NULL) ){
-          utf8_printf(p->out,"NULL");
+          oputz("NULL");
         }else if( aiType && aiType[i]==SQLITE_TEXT ){
-          output_quoted_string(p->out, azArg[i]);
+          output_quoted_string(azArg[i]);
         }else if( aiType && aiType[i]==SQLITE_INTEGER ){
-          utf8_printf(p->out,"%s", azArg[i]);
+          oputz(azArg[i]);
         }else if( aiType && aiType[i]==SQLITE_FLOAT ){
           char z[50];
           double r = sqlite3_column_double(p->pStmt, i);
           sqlite3_snprintf(50,z,"%!.20g", r);
-          raw_printf(p->out, "%s", z);
+          oputz(z);
         }else if( aiType && aiType[i]==SQLITE_BLOB && p->pStmt ){
           const void *pBlob = sqlite3_column_blob(p->pStmt, i);
           int nBlob = sqlite3_column_bytes(p->pStmt, i);
-          output_hex_blob(p->out, pBlob, nBlob);
+          output_hex_blob(pBlob, nBlob);
         }else if( isNumber(azArg[i], 0) ){
-          utf8_printf(p->out,"%s", azArg[i]);
+          oputz(azArg[i]);
         }else{
-          output_quoted_string(p->out, azArg[i]);
+          output_quoted_string(azArg[i]);
         }
       }
       fputs(p->rowSeparator, p->out);
@@ -2937,17 +2741,17 @@ static int shell_callback(
     case MODE_Ascii: {
       if( p->cnt++==0 && p->showHeader ){
         for(i=0; i<nArg; i++){
-          if( i>0 ) utf8_printf(p->out, "%s", p->colSeparator);
-          utf8_printf(p->out,"%s",azCol[i] ? azCol[i] : "");
+          if( i>0 ) oputz(p->colSeparator);
+          oputz(azCol[i] ? azCol[i] : "");
         }
-        utf8_printf(p->out, "%s", p->rowSeparator);
+        oputz(p->rowSeparator);
       }
       if( azArg==0 ) break;
       for(i=0; i<nArg; i++){
-        if( i>0 ) utf8_printf(p->out, "%s", p->colSeparator);
-        utf8_printf(p->out,"%s",azArg[i] ? azArg[i] : p->nullValue);
+        if( i>0 ) oputz(p->colSeparator);
+        oputz(azArg[i] ? azArg[i] : p->nullValue);
       }
-      utf8_printf(p->out, "%s", p->rowSeparator);
+      oputz(p->rowSeparator);
       break;
     }
     case MODE_EQP: {
@@ -3026,7 +2830,7 @@ static void createSelftestTable(ShellState *p){
     "DROP TABLE [_shell$self];"
     ,0,0,&zErrMsg);
   if( zErrMsg ){
-    utf8_printf(stderr, "SELFTEST initialization failure: %s\n", zErrMsg);
+    eputf("SELFTEST initialization failure: %s\n", zErrMsg);
     sqlite3_free(zErrMsg);
   }
   sqlite3_exec(p->db, "RELEASE selftest_init",0,0,0);
@@ -3129,8 +2933,8 @@ static int run_table_dump_query(
   rc = sqlite3_prepare_v2(p->db, zSelect, -1, &pSelect, 0);
   if( rc!=SQLITE_OK || !pSelect ){
     char *zContext = shell_error_context(zSelect, p->db);
-    utf8_printf(p->out, "/**** ERROR: (%d) %s *****/\n%s", rc,
-                sqlite3_errmsg(p->db), zContext);
+    oputf("/**** ERROR: (%d) %s *****/\n%s",
+          rc, sqlite3_errmsg(p->db), zContext);
     sqlite3_free(zContext);
     if( (rc&0xff)!=SQLITE_CORRUPT ) p->nErr++;
     return rc;
@@ -3139,23 +2943,22 @@ static int run_table_dump_query(
   nResult = sqlite3_column_count(pSelect);
   while( rc==SQLITE_ROW ){
     z = (const char*)sqlite3_column_text(pSelect, 0);
-    utf8_printf(p->out, "%s", z);
+    oputf("%s", z);
     for(i=1; i<nResult; i++){
-      utf8_printf(p->out, ",%s", sqlite3_column_text(pSelect, i));
+      oputf(",%s", sqlite3_column_text(pSelect, i));
     }
     if( z==0 ) z = "";
     while( z[0] && (z[0]!='-' || z[1]!='-') ) z++;
     if( z[0] ){
-      raw_printf(p->out, "\n;\n");
+      oputz("\n;\n");
     }else{
-      raw_printf(p->out, ";\n");
+      oputz(";\n");
     }
     rc = sqlite3_step(pSelect);
   }
   rc = sqlite3_finalize(pSelect);
   if( rc!=SQLITE_OK ){
-    utf8_printf(p->out, "/**** ERROR: (%d) %s *****/\n", rc,
-                sqlite3_errmsg(p->db));
+    oputf("/**** ERROR: (%d) %s *****/\n", rc, sqlite3_errmsg(p->db));
     if( (rc&0xff)!=SQLITE_CORRUPT ) p->nErr++;
   }
   return rc;
@@ -3191,7 +2994,7 @@ static char *save_err_msg(
 /*
 ** Attempt to display I/O stats on Linux using /proc/PID/io
 */
-static void displayLinuxIoStats(FILE *out){
+static void displayLinuxIoStats(void){
   FILE *in;
   char z[200];
   sqlite3_snprintf(sizeof(z), z, "/proc/%d/io", getpid());
@@ -3214,7 +3017,7 @@ static void displayLinuxIoStats(FILE *out){
     for(i=0; i<ArraySize(aTrans); i++){
       int n = strlen30(aTrans[i].zPattern);
       if( cli_strncmp(aTrans[i].zPattern, z, n)==0 ){
-        utf8_printf(out, "%-36s %s", aTrans[i].zDesc, &z[n]);
+        oputf("%-36s %s", aTrans[i].zDesc, &z[n]);
         break;
       }
     }
@@ -3227,7 +3030,6 @@ static void displayLinuxIoStats(FILE *out){
 ** Display a single line of status using 64-bit values.
 */
 static void displayStatLine(
-  ShellState *p,            /* The shell context */
   char *zLabel,             /* Label for this one line */
   char *zFormat,            /* Format for the result */
   int iStatusCtrl,          /* Which status to display */
@@ -3246,7 +3048,7 @@ static void displayStatLine(
   }else{
     sqlite3_snprintf(sizeof(zLine), zLine, zFormat, iHiwtr);
   }
-  raw_printf(p->out, "%-36s %s\n", zLabel, zLine);
+  oputf("%-36s %s\n", zLabel, zLine);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -3259,30 +3061,28 @@ static int display_stats(
 ){
   int iCur;
   int iHiwtr;
-  FILE *out;
   if( pArg==0 || pArg->out==0 ) return 0;
-  out = pArg->out;
 
   if( pArg->pStmt && pArg->statsOn==2 ){
     int nCol, i, x;
     sqlite3_stmt *pStmt = pArg->pStmt;
     char z[100];
     nCol = sqlite3_column_count(pStmt);
-    raw_printf(out, "%-36s %d\n", "Number of output columns:", nCol);
+    oputf("%-36s %d\n", "Number of output columns:", nCol);
     for(i=0; i<nCol; i++){
       sqlite3_snprintf(sizeof(z),z,"Column %d %nname:", i, &x);
-      utf8_printf(out, "%-36s %s\n", z, sqlite3_column_name(pStmt,i));
+      oputf("%-36s %s\n", z, sqlite3_column_name(pStmt,i));
 #ifndef SQLITE_OMIT_DECLTYPE
       sqlite3_snprintf(30, z+x, "declared type:");
-      utf8_printf(out, "%-36s %s\n", z, sqlite3_column_decltype(pStmt, i));
+      oputf("%-36s %s\n", z, sqlite3_column_decltype(pStmt, i));
 #endif
 #ifdef SQLITE_ENABLE_COLUMN_METADATA
       sqlite3_snprintf(30, z+x, "database name:");
-      utf8_printf(out, "%-36s %s\n", z, sqlite3_column_database_name(pStmt,i));
+      oputf("%-36s %s\n", z, sqlite3_column_database_name(pStmt,i));
       sqlite3_snprintf(30, z+x, "table name:");
-      utf8_printf(out, "%-36s %s\n", z, sqlite3_column_table_name(pStmt,i));
+      oputf("%-36s %s\n", z, sqlite3_column_table_name(pStmt,i));
       sqlite3_snprintf(30, z+x, "origin name:");
-      utf8_printf(out, "%-36s %s\n", z, sqlite3_column_origin_name(pStmt,i));
+      oputf("%-36s %s\n", z, sqlite3_column_origin_name(pStmt,i));
 #endif
     }
   }
@@ -3290,27 +3090,27 @@ static int display_stats(
   if( pArg->statsOn==3 ){
     if( pArg->pStmt ){
       iCur = sqlite3_stmt_status(pArg->pStmt, SQLITE_STMTSTATUS_VM_STEP,bReset);
-      raw_printf(pArg->out, "VM-steps: %d\n", iCur);
+      oputf("VM-steps: %d\n", iCur);
     }
     return 0;
   }
 
-  displayStatLine(pArg, "Memory Used:",
+  displayStatLine("Memory Used:",
      "%lld (max %lld) bytes", SQLITE_STATUS_MEMORY_USED, bReset);
-  displayStatLine(pArg, "Number of Outstanding Allocations:",
+  displayStatLine("Number of Outstanding Allocations:",
      "%lld (max %lld)", SQLITE_STATUS_MALLOC_COUNT, bReset);
   if( pArg->shellFlgs & SHFLG_Pagecache ){
-    displayStatLine(pArg, "Number of Pcache Pages Used:",
+    displayStatLine("Number of Pcache Pages Used:",
        "%lld (max %lld) pages", SQLITE_STATUS_PAGECACHE_USED, bReset);
   }
-  displayStatLine(pArg, "Number of Pcache Overflow Bytes:",
+  displayStatLine("Number of Pcache Overflow Bytes:",
      "%lld (max %lld) bytes", SQLITE_STATUS_PAGECACHE_OVERFLOW, bReset);
-  displayStatLine(pArg, "Largest Allocation:",
+  displayStatLine("Largest Allocation:",
      "%lld bytes", SQLITE_STATUS_MALLOC_SIZE, bReset);
-  displayStatLine(pArg, "Largest Pcache Allocation:",
+  displayStatLine("Largest Pcache Allocation:",
      "%lld bytes", SQLITE_STATUS_PAGECACHE_SIZE, bReset);
 #ifdef YYTRACKMAXSTACKDEPTH
-  displayStatLine(pArg, "Deepest Parser Stack:",
+  displayStatLine("Deepest Parser Stack:",
      "%lld (max %lld)", SQLITE_STATUS_PARSER_STACK, bReset);
 #endif
 
@@ -3319,77 +3119,68 @@ static int display_stats(
       iHiwtr = iCur = -1;
       sqlite3_db_status(db, SQLITE_DBSTATUS_LOOKASIDE_USED,
                         &iCur, &iHiwtr, bReset);
-      raw_printf(pArg->out,
-              "Lookaside Slots Used:                %d (max %d)\n",
-              iCur, iHiwtr);
+      oputf("Lookaside Slots Used:                %d (max %d)\n", iCur, iHiwtr);
       sqlite3_db_status(db, SQLITE_DBSTATUS_LOOKASIDE_HIT,
                         &iCur, &iHiwtr, bReset);
-      raw_printf(pArg->out, "Successful lookaside attempts:       %d\n",
-              iHiwtr);
+      oputf("Successful lookaside attempts:       %d\n", iHiwtr);
       sqlite3_db_status(db, SQLITE_DBSTATUS_LOOKASIDE_MISS_SIZE,
                         &iCur, &iHiwtr, bReset);
-      raw_printf(pArg->out, "Lookaside failures due to size:      %d\n",
-              iHiwtr);
+      oputf("Lookaside failures due to size:      %d\n", iHiwtr);
       sqlite3_db_status(db, SQLITE_DBSTATUS_LOOKASIDE_MISS_FULL,
                         &iCur, &iHiwtr, bReset);
-      raw_printf(pArg->out, "Lookaside failures due to OOM:       %d\n",
-              iHiwtr);
+      oputf("Lookaside failures due to OOM:       %d\n", iHiwtr);
     }
     iHiwtr = iCur = -1;
     sqlite3_db_status(db, SQLITE_DBSTATUS_CACHE_USED, &iCur, &iHiwtr, bReset);
-    raw_printf(pArg->out, "Pager Heap Usage:                    %d bytes\n",
-            iCur);
+    oputf("Pager Heap Usage:                    %d bytes\n", iCur);
     iHiwtr = iCur = -1;
     sqlite3_db_status(db, SQLITE_DBSTATUS_CACHE_HIT, &iCur, &iHiwtr, 1);
-    raw_printf(pArg->out, "Page cache hits:                     %d\n", iCur);
+    oputf("Page cache hits:                     %d\n", iCur);
     iHiwtr = iCur = -1;
     sqlite3_db_status(db, SQLITE_DBSTATUS_CACHE_MISS, &iCur, &iHiwtr, 1);
-    raw_printf(pArg->out, "Page cache misses:                   %d\n", iCur);
+    oputf("Page cache misses:                   %d\n", iCur);
     iHiwtr = iCur = -1;
     sqlite3_db_status(db, SQLITE_DBSTATUS_CACHE_WRITE, &iCur, &iHiwtr, 1);
-    raw_printf(pArg->out, "Page cache writes:                   %d\n", iCur);
+    oputf("Page cache writes:                   %d\n", iCur);
     iHiwtr = iCur = -1;
     sqlite3_db_status(db, SQLITE_DBSTATUS_CACHE_SPILL, &iCur, &iHiwtr, 1);
-    raw_printf(pArg->out, "Page cache spills:                   %d\n", iCur);
+    oputf("Page cache spills:                   %d\n", iCur);
     iHiwtr = iCur = -1;
     sqlite3_db_status(db, SQLITE_DBSTATUS_SCHEMA_USED, &iCur, &iHiwtr, bReset);
-    raw_printf(pArg->out, "Schema Heap Usage:                   %d bytes\n",
-            iCur);
+    oputf("Schema Heap Usage:                   %d bytes\n", iCur);
     iHiwtr = iCur = -1;
     sqlite3_db_status(db, SQLITE_DBSTATUS_STMT_USED, &iCur, &iHiwtr, bReset);
-    raw_printf(pArg->out, "Statement Heap/Lookaside Usage:      %d bytes\n",
-            iCur);
+    oputf("Statement Heap/Lookaside Usage:      %d bytes\n", iCur);
   }
 
   if( pArg->pStmt ){
     int iHit, iMiss;
     iCur = sqlite3_stmt_status(pArg->pStmt, SQLITE_STMTSTATUS_FULLSCAN_STEP,
                                bReset);
-    raw_printf(pArg->out, "Fullscan Steps:                      %d\n", iCur);
+    oputf("Fullscan Steps:                      %d\n", iCur);
     iCur = sqlite3_stmt_status(pArg->pStmt, SQLITE_STMTSTATUS_SORT, bReset);
-    raw_printf(pArg->out, "Sort Operations:                     %d\n", iCur);
+    oputf("Sort Operations:                     %d\n", iCur);
     iCur = sqlite3_stmt_status(pArg->pStmt, SQLITE_STMTSTATUS_AUTOINDEX,bReset);
-    raw_printf(pArg->out, "Autoindex Inserts:                   %d\n", iCur);
+    oputf("Autoindex Inserts:                   %d\n", iCur);
     iHit = sqlite3_stmt_status(pArg->pStmt, SQLITE_STMTSTATUS_FILTER_HIT,
                                bReset);
     iMiss = sqlite3_stmt_status(pArg->pStmt, SQLITE_STMTSTATUS_FILTER_MISS,
                                 bReset);
     if( iHit || iMiss ){
-      raw_printf(pArg->out, "Bloom filter bypass taken:           %d/%d\n",
-            iHit, iHit+iMiss);
+      oputf("Bloom filter bypass taken:           %d/%d\n", iHit, iHit+iMiss);
     }
     iCur = sqlite3_stmt_status(pArg->pStmt, SQLITE_STMTSTATUS_VM_STEP, bReset);
-    raw_printf(pArg->out, "Virtual Machine Steps:               %d\n", iCur);
+    oputf("Virtual Machine Steps:               %d\n", iCur);
     iCur = sqlite3_stmt_status(pArg->pStmt, SQLITE_STMTSTATUS_REPREPARE,bReset);
-    raw_printf(pArg->out, "Reprepare operations:                %d\n", iCur);
+    oputf("Reprepare operations:                %d\n", iCur);
     iCur = sqlite3_stmt_status(pArg->pStmt, SQLITE_STMTSTATUS_RUN, bReset);
-    raw_printf(pArg->out, "Number of times run:                 %d\n", iCur);
+    oputf("Number of times run:                 %d\n", iCur);
     iCur = sqlite3_stmt_status(pArg->pStmt, SQLITE_STMTSTATUS_MEMUSED, bReset);
-    raw_printf(pArg->out, "Memory used by prepared stmt:        %d\n", iCur);
+    oputf("Memory used by prepared stmt:        %d\n", iCur);
   }
 
 #ifdef __linux__
-  displayLinuxIoStats(pArg->out);
+  displayLinuxIoStats();
 #endif
 
   /* Do not remove this machine readable comment: extra-stats-output-here */
@@ -3624,7 +3415,7 @@ static void display_scanstats(
   UNUSED_PARAMETER(pArg);
 #else
   if( pArg->scanstatsOn==3 ){
-    const char *zSql = 
+    const char *zSql =
       "  SELECT addr, opcode, p1, p2, p3, p4, p5, comment, nexec,"
       "   round(ncycle*100.0 / (sum(ncycle) OVER ()), 2)||'%' AS cycles"
       "   FROM bytecode(?)";
@@ -3770,17 +3561,17 @@ static void bind_prepared_stmt(ShellState *pArg, sqlite3_stmt *pStmt){
 /* Draw horizontal line N characters long using unicode box
 ** characters
 */
-static void print_box_line(FILE *out, int N){
+static void print_box_line(int N){
   const char zDash[] =
       BOX_24 BOX_24 BOX_24 BOX_24 BOX_24 BOX_24 BOX_24 BOX_24 BOX_24 BOX_24
       BOX_24 BOX_24 BOX_24 BOX_24 BOX_24 BOX_24 BOX_24 BOX_24 BOX_24 BOX_24;
   const int nDash = sizeof(zDash) - 1;
   N *= 3;
   while( N>nDash ){
-    utf8_printf(out, zDash);
+    oputz(zDash);
     N -= nDash;
   }
-  utf8_printf(out, "%.*s", N, zDash);
+  oputf("%.*s", N, zDash);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -3795,15 +3586,15 @@ static void print_box_row_separator(
 ){
   int i;
   if( nArg>0 ){
-    utf8_printf(p->out, "%s", zSep1);
-    print_box_line(p->out, p->actualWidth[0]+2);
+    oputz(zSep1);
+    print_box_line(p->actualWidth[0]+2);
     for(i=1; i<nArg; i++){
-      utf8_printf(p->out, "%s", zSep2);
-      print_box_line(p->out, p->actualWidth[i]+2);
+      oputz(zSep2);
+      print_box_line(p->actualWidth[i]+2);
     }
-    utf8_printf(p->out, "%s", zSep3);
+    oputz(zSep3);
   }
-  fputs("\n", p->out);
+  oputz("\n");
 }
 
 /*
@@ -4066,11 +3857,11 @@ static void exec_prepared_stmt_columnar(
         for(i=0; i<nColumn; i++){
           w = p->actualWidth[i];
           if( p->colWidth[i]<0 ) w = -w;
-          utf8_width_print(p->out, w, azData[i]);
+          utf8_width_print(w, azData[i]);
           fputs(i==nColumn-1?"\n":"  ", p->out);
         }
         for(i=0; i<nColumn; i++){
-          print_dashes(p->out, p->actualWidth[i]);
+          print_dashes(p->actualWidth[i]);
           fputs(i==nColumn-1?"\n":"  ", p->out);
         }
       }
@@ -4084,8 +3875,8 @@ static void exec_prepared_stmt_columnar(
       for(i=0; i<nColumn; i++){
         w = p->actualWidth[i];
         n = strlenChar(azData[i]);
-        utf8_printf(p->out, "%*s%s%*s", (w-n)/2, "", azData[i], (w-n+1)/2, "");
-        fputs(i==nColumn-1?" |\n":" | ", p->out);
+        oputf("%*s%s%*s", (w-n)/2, "", azData[i], (w-n+1)/2, "");
+        oputz(i==nColumn-1?" |\n":" | ");
       }
       print_row_separator(p, nColumn, "+");
       break;
@@ -4097,8 +3888,8 @@ static void exec_prepared_stmt_columnar(
       for(i=0; i<nColumn; i++){
         w = p->actualWidth[i];
         n = strlenChar(azData[i]);
-        utf8_printf(p->out, "%*s%s%*s", (w-n)/2, "", azData[i], (w-n+1)/2, "");
-        fputs(i==nColumn-1?" |\n":" | ", p->out);
+        oputf("%*s%s%*s", (w-n)/2, "", azData[i], (w-n+1)/2, "");
+        oputz(i==nColumn-1?" |\n":" | ");
       }
       print_row_separator(p, nColumn, "|");
       break;
@@ -4107,13 +3898,13 @@ static void exec_prepared_stmt_columnar(
       colSep = " " BOX_13 " ";
       rowSep = " " BOX_13 "\n";
       print_box_row_separator(p, nColumn, BOX_23, BOX_234, BOX_34);
-      utf8_printf(p->out, BOX_13 " ");
+      oputz(BOX_13 " ");
       for(i=0; i<nColumn; i++){
         w = p->actualWidth[i];
         n = strlenChar(azData[i]);
-        utf8_printf(p->out, "%*s%s%*s%s",
-            (w-n)/2, "", azData[i], (w-n+1)/2, "",
-            i==nColumn-1?" "BOX_13"\n":" "BOX_13" ");
+        oputf("%*s%s%*s%s",
+              (w-n)/2, "", azData[i], (w-n+1)/2, "",
+              i==nColumn-1?" "BOX_13"\n":" "BOX_13" ");
       }
       print_box_row_separator(p, nColumn, BOX_123, BOX_1234, BOX_134);
       break;
@@ -4121,28 +3912,28 @@ static void exec_prepared_stmt_columnar(
   }
   for(i=nColumn, j=0; i<nTotal; i++, j++){
     if( j==0 && p->cMode!=MODE_Column ){
-      utf8_printf(p->out, "%s", p->cMode==MODE_Box?BOX_13" ":"| ");
+      oputz(p->cMode==MODE_Box?BOX_13" ":"| ");
     }
     z = azData[i];
     if( z==0 ) z = p->nullValue;
     w = p->actualWidth[j];
     if( p->colWidth[j]<0 ) w = -w;
-    utf8_width_print(p->out, w, z);
+    utf8_width_print(w, z);
     if( j==nColumn-1 ){
-      utf8_printf(p->out, "%s", rowSep);
+      oputz(rowSep);
       if( bMultiLineRowExists && abRowDiv[i/nColumn-1] && i+1<nTotal ){
         if( p->cMode==MODE_Table ){
           print_row_separator(p, nColumn, "+");
         }else if( p->cMode==MODE_Box ){
           print_box_row_separator(p, nColumn, BOX_123, BOX_1234, BOX_134);
         }else if( p->cMode==MODE_Column ){
-          raw_printf(p->out, "\n");
+          oputz("\n");
         }
       }
       j = -1;
       if( seenInterrupt ) goto columnar_end;
     }else{
-      utf8_printf(p->out, "%s", colSep);
+      oputz(colSep);
     }
   }
   if( p->cMode==MODE_Table ){
@@ -4152,7 +3943,7 @@ static void exec_prepared_stmt_columnar(
   }
 columnar_end:
   if( seenInterrupt ){
-    utf8_printf(p->out, "Interrupt\n");
+    oputz("Interrupt\n");
   }
   nData = (nRow+1)*nColumn;
   for(i=0; i<nData; i++){
@@ -4291,7 +4082,6 @@ static int expertFinish(
   assert( p );
   assert( bCancel || pzErr==0 || *pzErr==0 );
   if( bCancel==0 ){
-    FILE *out = pState->out;
     int bVerbose = pState->expert.bVerbose;
 
     rc = sqlite3_expert_analyze(p, pzErr);
@@ -4301,8 +4091,8 @@ static int expertFinish(
 
       if( bVerbose ){
         const char *zCand = sqlite3_expert_report(p,0,EXPERT_REPORT_CANDIDATES);
-        raw_printf(out, "-- Candidates -----------------------------\n");
-        raw_printf(out, "%s\n", zCand);
+        oputz("-- Candidates -----------------------------\n");
+        oputf("%s\n", zCand);
       }
       for(i=0; i<nQuery; i++){
         const char *zSql = sqlite3_expert_report(p, i, EXPERT_REPORT_SQL);
@@ -4310,11 +4100,11 @@ static int expertFinish(
         const char *zEQP = sqlite3_expert_report(p, i, EXPERT_REPORT_PLAN);
         if( zIdx==0 ) zIdx = "(no new indexes)\n";
         if( bVerbose ){
-          raw_printf(out, "-- Query %d --------------------------------\n",i+1);
-          raw_printf(out, "%s\n\n", zSql);
+          oputf("-- Query %d --------------------------------\n",i+1);
+          oputf("%s\n\n", zSql);
         }
-        raw_printf(out, "%s\n", zIdx);
-        raw_printf(out, "%s\n", zEQP);
+        oputf("%s\n", zIdx);
+        oputf("%s\n", zEQP);
       }
     }
   }
@@ -4349,18 +4139,18 @@ static int expertDotCommand(
     }
     else if( n>=2 && 0==cli_strncmp(z, "-sample", n) ){
       if( i==(nArg-1) ){
-        raw_printf(stderr, "option requires an argument: %s\n", z);
+        eputf("option requires an argument: %s\n", z);
         rc = SQLITE_ERROR;
       }else{
         iSample = (int)integerValue(azArg[++i]);
         if( iSample<0 || iSample>100 ){
-          raw_printf(stderr, "value out of range: %s\n", azArg[i]);
+          eputf("value out of range: %s\n", azArg[i]);
           rc = SQLITE_ERROR;
         }
       }
     }
     else{
-      raw_printf(stderr, "unknown option: %s\n", z);
+      eputf("unknown option: %s\n", z);
       rc = SQLITE_ERROR;
     }
   }
@@ -4368,8 +4158,7 @@ static int expertDotCommand(
   if( rc==SQLITE_OK ){
     pState->expert.pExpert = sqlite3_expert_new(pState->db, &zErr);
     if( pState->expert.pExpert==0 ){
-      raw_printf(stderr, "sqlite3_expert_new: %s\n",
-                 zErr ? zErr : "out of memory");
+      eputf("sqlite3_expert_new: %s\n", zErr ? zErr : "out of memory");
       rc = SQLITE_ERROR;
     }else{
       sqlite3_expert_config(
@@ -4696,9 +4485,9 @@ static int dump_callback(void *pArg, int nArg, char **azArg, char **azNotUsed){
   noSys    = (p->shellFlgs & SHFLG_DumpNoSys)!=0;
 
   if( cli_strcmp(zTable, "sqlite_sequence")==0 && !noSys ){
-    if( !dataOnly ) raw_printf(p->out, "DELETE FROM sqlite_sequence;\n");
+    if( !dataOnly ) oputz("DELETE FROM sqlite_sequence;\n");
   }else if( sqlite3_strglob("sqlite_stat?", zTable)==0 && !noSys ){
-    if( !dataOnly ) raw_printf(p->out, "ANALYZE sqlite_schema;\n");
+    if( !dataOnly ) oputz("ANALYZE sqlite_schema;\n");
   }else if( cli_strncmp(zTable, "sqlite_", 7)==0 ){
     return 0;
   }else if( dataOnly ){
@@ -4706,7 +4495,7 @@ static int dump_callback(void *pArg, int nArg, char **azArg, char **azNotUsed){
   }else if( cli_strncmp(zSql, "CREATE VIRTUAL TABLE", 20)==0 ){
     char *zIns;
     if( !p->writableSchema ){
-      raw_printf(p->out, "PRAGMA writable_schema=ON;\n");
+      oputz("PRAGMA writable_schema=ON;\n");
       p->writableSchema = 1;
     }
     zIns = sqlite3_mprintf(
@@ -4714,11 +4503,11 @@ static int dump_callback(void *pArg, int nArg, char **azArg, char **azNotUsed){
        "VALUES('table','%q','%q',0,'%q');",
        zTable, zTable, zSql);
     shell_check_oom(zIns);
-    utf8_printf(p->out, "%s\n", zIns);
+    oputf("%s\n", zIns);
     sqlite3_free(zIns);
     return 0;
   }else{
-    printSchemaLine(p->out, zSql, ";\n");
+    printSchemaLine(zSql, ";\n");
   }
 
   if( cli_strcmp(zType, "table")==0 ){
@@ -4776,7 +4565,7 @@ static int dump_callback(void *pArg, int nArg, char **azArg, char **azNotUsed){
     p->mode = p->cMode = MODE_Insert;
     rc = shell_exec(p, sSelect.z, 0);
     if( (rc&0xff)==SQLITE_CORRUPT ){
-      raw_printf(p->out, "/****** CORRUPTION ERROR *******/\n");
+      oputz("/****** CORRUPTION ERROR *******/\n");
       toggleSelectOrder(p->db);
       shell_exec(p, sSelect.z, 0);
       toggleSelectOrder(p->db);
@@ -4807,9 +4596,9 @@ static int run_schema_dump_query(
   if( rc==SQLITE_CORRUPT ){
     char *zQ2;
     int len = strlen30(zQuery);
-    raw_printf(p->out, "/****** CORRUPTION ERROR *******/\n");
+    oputz("/****** CORRUPTION ERROR *******/\n");
     if( zErr ){
-      utf8_printf(p->out, "/****** %s ******/\n", zErr);
+      oputf("/****** %s ******/\n", zErr);
       sqlite3_free(zErr);
       zErr = 0;
     }
@@ -4818,7 +4607,7 @@ static int run_schema_dump_query(
     sqlite3_snprintf(len+100, zQ2, "%s ORDER BY rowid DESC", zQuery);
     rc = sqlite3_exec(p->db, zQ2, dump_callback, p, &zErr);
     if( rc ){
-      utf8_printf(p->out, "/****** ERROR: %s ******/\n", zErr);
+      oputf("/****** ERROR: %s ******/\n", zErr);
     }else{
       rc = SQLITE_CORRUPT;
     }
@@ -5174,10 +4963,10 @@ static int showHelp(FILE *out, const char *zPattern){
       }
       if( ((hw^hh)&HH_Undoc)==0 ){
         if( (hh&HH_Summary)!=0 ){
-          utf8_printf(out, ".%s\n", azHelp[i]+1);
+          sputf(out, ".%s\n", azHelp[i]+1);
           ++n;
         }else if( (hw&HW_SummaryOnly)==0 ){
-          utf8_printf(out, "%s\n", azHelp[i]);
+          sputf(out, "%s\n", azHelp[i]);
         }
       }
     }
@@ -5187,7 +4976,7 @@ static int showHelp(FILE *out, const char *zPattern){
     shell_check_oom(zPat);
     for(i=0; i<ArraySize(azHelp); i++){
       if( sqlite3_strglob(zPat, azHelp[i])==0 ){
-        utf8_printf(out, "%s\n", azHelp[i]);
+        sputf(out, "%s\n", azHelp[i]);
         j = i+1;
         n++;
       }
@@ -5198,7 +4987,7 @@ static int showHelp(FILE *out, const char *zPattern){
         /* when zPattern is a prefix of exactly one command, then include
         ** the details of that command, which should begin at offset j */
         while( j<ArraySize(azHelp)-1 && azHelp[j][0]==' ' ){
-          utf8_printf(out, "%s\n", azHelp[j]);
+          sputf(out, "%s\n", azHelp[j]);
           j++;
         }
       }
@@ -5215,10 +5004,10 @@ static int showHelp(FILE *out, const char *zPattern){
       }
       if( azHelp[i][0]=='.' ) j = i;
       if( sqlite3_strlike(zPat, azHelp[i], 0)==0 ){
-        utf8_printf(out, "%s\n", azHelp[j]);
+        sputf(out, "%s\n", azHelp[j]);
         while( j<ArraySize(azHelp)-1 && azHelp[j+1][0]==' ' ){
           j++;
-          utf8_printf(out, "%s\n", azHelp[j]);
+          sputf(out, "%s\n", azHelp[j]);
         }
         i = j;
         n++;
@@ -5256,7 +5045,7 @@ static char *readFile(const char *zName, int *pnByte){
   if( in==0 ) return 0;
   rc = fseek(in, 0, SEEK_END);
   if( rc!=0 ){
-    raw_printf(stderr, "Error: '%s' not seekable\n", zName);
+    eputf("Error: '%s' not seekable\n", zName);
     fclose(in);
     return 0;
   }
@@ -5264,7 +5053,7 @@ static char *readFile(const char *zName, int *pnByte){
   rewind(in);
   pBuf = sqlite3_malloc64( nIn+1 );
   if( pBuf==0 ){
-    raw_printf(stderr, "Error: out of memory\n");
+    eputz("Error: out of memory\n");
     fclose(in);
     return 0;
   }
@@ -5272,7 +5061,7 @@ static char *readFile(const char *zName, int *pnByte){
   fclose(in);
   if( nRead!=1 ){
     sqlite3_free(pBuf);
-    raw_printf(stderr, "Error: cannot read '%s'\n", zName);
+    eputf("Error: cannot read '%s'\n", zName);
     return 0;
   }
   pBuf[nIn] = 0;
@@ -5393,7 +5182,7 @@ static unsigned char *readHexDb(ShellState *p, int *pnData){
   if( zDbFilename ){
     in = fopen(zDbFilename, "r");
     if( in==0 ){
-      utf8_printf(stderr, "cannot open \"%s\" for reading\n", zDbFilename);
+      eputf("cannot open \"%s\" for reading\n", zDbFilename);
       return 0;
     }
     nLine = 0;
@@ -5414,7 +5203,7 @@ static unsigned char *readHexDb(ShellState *p, int *pnData){
   shell_check_oom(a);
   memset(a, 0, n);
   if( pgsz<512 || pgsz>65536 || (pgsz & (pgsz-1))!=0 ){
-    utf8_printf(stderr, "invalid pagesize\n");
+    eputz("invalid pagesize\n");
     goto readHexDb_error;
   }
   for(nLine++; fgets(zLine, sizeof(zLine), in)!=0; nLine++){
@@ -5456,7 +5245,7 @@ readHexDb_error:
     p->lineno = nLine;
   }
   sqlite3_free(a);
-  utf8_printf(stderr,"Error on line %d of --hexdb input\n", nLine);
+  eputf("Error on line %d of --hexdb input\n", nLine);
   return 0;
 }
 #endif /* SQLITE_OMIT_DESERIALIZE */
@@ -5532,22 +5321,19 @@ static void open_db(ShellState *p, int openFlags){
     }
     globalDb = p->db;
     if( p->db==0 || SQLITE_OK!=sqlite3_errcode(p->db) ){
-      utf8_printf(stderr,"Error: unable to open database \"%s\": %s\n",
-          zDbFilename, sqlite3_errmsg(p->db));
+      eputf("Error: unable to open database \"%s\": %s\n",
+            zDbFilename, sqlite3_errmsg(p->db));
       if( (openFlags & OPEN_DB_KEEPALIVE)==0 ){
         exit(1);
       }
       sqlite3_close(p->db);
       sqlite3_open(":memory:", &p->db);
       if( p->db==0 || SQLITE_OK!=sqlite3_errcode(p->db) ){
-        utf8_printf(stderr,
-          "Also: unable to open substitute in-memory database.\n"
-        );
+        eputz("Also: unable to open substitute in-memory database.\n");
         exit(1);
       }else{
-        utf8_printf(stderr,
-          "Notice: using substitute in-memory database instead of \"%s\"\n",
-          zDbFilename);
+        eputf("Notice: using substitute in-memory database instead of \"%s\"\n",
+              zDbFilename);
       }
     }
     sqlite3_db_config(p->db, SQLITE_DBCONFIG_STMT_SCANSTATUS, (int)0, (int*)0);
@@ -5654,7 +5440,7 @@ static void open_db(ShellState *p, int openFlags){
                    SQLITE_DESERIALIZE_RESIZEABLE |
                    SQLITE_DESERIALIZE_FREEONCLOSE);
       if( rc ){
-        utf8_printf(stderr, "Error: sqlite3_deserialize() returns %d\n", rc);
+        eputf("Error: sqlite3_deserialize() returns %d\n", rc);
       }
       if( p->szMax>0 ){
         sqlite3_file_control(p->db, "main", SQLITE_FCNTL_SIZE_LIMIT, &p->szMax);
@@ -5678,8 +5464,7 @@ static void open_db(ShellState *p, int openFlags){
 void close_db(sqlite3 *db){
   int rc = sqlite3_close(db);
   if( rc ){
-    utf8_printf(stderr, "Error: sqlite3_close() returns %d: %s\n",
-        rc, sqlite3_errmsg(db));
+    eputf("Error: sqlite3_close() returns %d: %s\n", rc, sqlite3_errmsg(db));
   }
 }
 
@@ -5840,8 +5625,7 @@ static int booleanValue(const char *zArg){
   if( sqlite3_stricmp(zArg, "off")==0 || sqlite3_stricmp(zArg,"no")==0 ){
     return 0;
   }
-  utf8_printf(stderr, "ERROR: Not a boolean value: \"%s\". Assuming \"no\".\n",
-          zArg);
+  eputf("ERROR: Not a boolean value: \"%s\". Assuming \"no\".\n", zArg);
   return 0;
 }
 
@@ -5879,7 +5663,7 @@ static FILE *output_file_open(const char *zFile, int bTextMode){
   }else{
     f = fopen(zFile, bTextMode ? "w" : "wb");
     if( f==0 ){
-      utf8_printf(stderr, "Error: cannot open \"%s\"\n", zFile);
+      eputf("Error: cannot open \"%s\"\n", zFile);
     }
   }
   return f;
@@ -5901,7 +5685,7 @@ static int sql_trace_callback(
   i64 nSql;
   if( p->traceOut==0 ) return 0;
   if( mType==SQLITE_TRACE_CLOSE ){
-    utf8_printf(p->traceOut, "-- closing database connection\n");
+    sputz(p->traceOut, "-- closing database connection\n");
     return 0;
   }
   if( mType!=SQLITE_TRACE_ROW && pX!=0 && ((const char*)pX)[0]=='-' ){
@@ -5932,12 +5716,12 @@ static int sql_trace_callback(
   switch( mType ){
     case SQLITE_TRACE_ROW:
     case SQLITE_TRACE_STMT: {
-      utf8_printf(p->traceOut, "%.*s;\n", (int)nSql, zSql);
+      sputf(p->traceOut, "%.*s;\n", (int)nSql, zSql);
       break;
     }
     case SQLITE_TRACE_PROFILE: {
       sqlite3_int64 nNanosec = pX ? *(sqlite3_int64*)pX : 0;
-      utf8_printf(p->traceOut, "%.*s; -- %lld ns\n", (int)nSql, zSql, nNanosec);
+      sputf(p->traceOut, "%.*s; -- %lld ns\n", (int)nSql, zSql, nNanosec);
       break;
     }
   }
@@ -6044,12 +5828,11 @@ static char *SQLITE_CDECL csv_read_one_field(ImportCtx *p){
         break;
       }
       if( pc==cQuote && c!='\r' ){
-        utf8_printf(stderr, "%s:%d: unescaped %c character\n",
-                p->zFile, p->nLine, cQuote);
+        eputf("%s:%d: unescaped %c character\n", p->zFile, p->nLine, cQuote);
       }
       if( c==EOF ){
-        utf8_printf(stderr, "%s:%d: unterminated %c-quoted field\n",
-                p->zFile, startLine, cQuote);
+        eputf("%s:%d: unterminated %c-quoted field\n",
+              p->zFile, startLine, cQuote);
         p->cTerm = c;
         break;
       }
@@ -6147,9 +5930,8 @@ static void tryToCloneData(
   shell_check_oom(zQuery);
   rc = sqlite3_prepare_v2(p->db, zQuery, -1, &pQuery, 0);
   if( rc ){
-    utf8_printf(stderr, "Error %d: %s on [%s]\n",
-            sqlite3_extended_errcode(p->db), sqlite3_errmsg(p->db),
-            zQuery);
+    eputf("Error %d: %s on [%s]\n",
+          sqlite3_extended_errcode(p->db), sqlite3_errmsg(p->db), zQuery);
     goto end_data_xfer;
   }
   n = sqlite3_column_count(pQuery);
@@ -6165,9 +5947,8 @@ static void tryToCloneData(
   memcpy(zInsert+i, ");", 3);
   rc = sqlite3_prepare_v2(newDb, zInsert, -1, &pInsert, 0);
   if( rc ){
-    utf8_printf(stderr, "Error %d: %s on [%s]\n",
-            sqlite3_extended_errcode(newDb), sqlite3_errmsg(newDb),
-            zInsert);
+    eputf("Error %d: %s on [%s]\n",
+          sqlite3_extended_errcode(newDb), sqlite3_errmsg(newDb), zInsert);
     goto end_data_xfer;
   }
   for(k=0; k<2; k++){
@@ -6202,8 +5983,8 @@ static void tryToCloneData(
       } /* End for */
       rc = sqlite3_step(pInsert);
       if( rc!=SQLITE_OK && rc!=SQLITE_ROW && rc!=SQLITE_DONE ){
-        utf8_printf(stderr, "Error %d: %s\n", sqlite3_extended_errcode(newDb),
-                        sqlite3_errmsg(newDb));
+        eputf("Error %d: %s\n",
+              sqlite3_extended_errcode(newDb), sqlite3_errmsg(newDb));
       }
       sqlite3_reset(pInsert);
       cnt++;
@@ -6220,7 +6001,7 @@ static void tryToCloneData(
     shell_check_oom(zQuery);
     rc = sqlite3_prepare_v2(p->db, zQuery, -1, &pQuery, 0);
     if( rc ){
-      utf8_printf(stderr, "Warning: cannot step \"%s\" backwards", zTable);
+      eputf("Warning: cannot step \"%s\" backwards", zTable);
       break;
     }
   } /* End for(k=0...) */
@@ -6257,9 +6038,8 @@ static void tryToCloneSchema(
   shell_check_oom(zQuery);
   rc = sqlite3_prepare_v2(p->db, zQuery, -1, &pQuery, 0);
   if( rc ){
-    utf8_printf(stderr, "Error: (%d) %s on [%s]\n",
-                    sqlite3_extended_errcode(p->db), sqlite3_errmsg(p->db),
-                    zQuery);
+    eputf("Error: (%d) %s on [%s]\n", sqlite3_extended_errcode(p->db),
+          sqlite3_errmsg(p->db), zQuery);
     goto end_schema_xfer;
   }
   while( (rc = sqlite3_step(pQuery))==SQLITE_ROW ){
@@ -6267,10 +6047,10 @@ static void tryToCloneSchema(
     zSql = sqlite3_column_text(pQuery, 1);
     if( zName==0 || zSql==0 ) continue;
     if( sqlite3_stricmp((char*)zName, "sqlite_sequence")!=0 ){
-      printf("%s... ", zName); fflush(stdout);
+      sputf(stdout, "%s... ", zName); fflush(stdout);
       sqlite3_exec(newDb, (const char*)zSql, 0, 0, &zErrMsg);
       if( zErrMsg ){
-        utf8_printf(stderr, "Error: %s\nSQL: [%s]\n", zErrMsg, zSql);
+        eputf("Error: %s\nSQL: [%s]\n", zErrMsg, zSql);
         sqlite3_free(zErrMsg);
         zErrMsg = 0;
       }
@@ -6278,7 +6058,7 @@ static void tryToCloneSchema(
     if( xForEach ){
       xForEach(p, newDb, (const char*)zName);
     }
-    printf("done\n");
+    sputz(stdout, "done\n");
   }
   if( rc!=SQLITE_DONE ){
     sqlite3_finalize(pQuery);
@@ -6288,9 +6068,8 @@ static void tryToCloneSchema(
     shell_check_oom(zQuery);
     rc = sqlite3_prepare_v2(p->db, zQuery, -1, &pQuery, 0);
     if( rc ){
-      utf8_printf(stderr, "Error: (%d) %s on [%s]\n",
-                      sqlite3_extended_errcode(p->db), sqlite3_errmsg(p->db),
-                      zQuery);
+      eputf("Error: (%d) %s on [%s]\n",
+            sqlite3_extended_errcode(p->db), sqlite3_errmsg(p->db), zQuery);
       goto end_schema_xfer;
     }
     while( sqlite3_step(pQuery)==SQLITE_ROW ){
@@ -6298,17 +6077,17 @@ static void tryToCloneSchema(
       zSql = sqlite3_column_text(pQuery, 1);
       if( zName==0 || zSql==0 ) continue;
       if( sqlite3_stricmp((char*)zName, "sqlite_sequence")==0 ) continue;
-      printf("%s... ", zName); fflush(stdout);
+      sputf(stdout, "%s... ", zName); fflush(stdout);
       sqlite3_exec(newDb, (const char*)zSql, 0, 0, &zErrMsg);
       if( zErrMsg ){
-        utf8_printf(stderr, "Error: %s\nSQL: [%s]\n", zErrMsg, zSql);
+        eputf("Error: %s\nSQL: [%s]\n", zErrMsg, zSql);
         sqlite3_free(zErrMsg);
         zErrMsg = 0;
       }
       if( xForEach ){
         xForEach(p, newDb, (const char*)zName);
       }
-      printf("done\n");
+      sputz(stdout, "done\n");
     }
   }
 end_schema_xfer:
@@ -6325,13 +6104,12 @@ static void tryToClone(ShellState *p, const char *zNewDb){
   int rc;
   sqlite3 *newDb = 0;
   if( access(zNewDb,0)==0 ){
-    utf8_printf(stderr, "File \"%s\" already exists.\n", zNewDb);
+    eputf("File \"%s\" already exists.\n", zNewDb);
     return;
   }
   rc = sqlite3_open(zNewDb, &newDb);
   if( rc ){
-    utf8_printf(stderr, "Cannot create output database: %s\n",
-            sqlite3_errmsg(newDb));
+    eputf("Cannot create output database: %s\n", sqlite3_errmsg(newDb));
   }else{
     sqlite3_exec(p->db, "PRAGMA writable_schema=ON;", 0, 0, 0);
     sqlite3_exec(newDb, "BEGIN EXCLUSIVE;", 0, 0, 0);
@@ -6343,6 +6121,18 @@ static void tryToClone(ShellState *p, const char *zNewDb){
   close_db(newDb);
 }
 
+#ifndef SQLITE_SHELL_FIDDLE
+/*
+** Change the output stream (file or pipe or console) to something else.
+*/
+static void output_redir(ShellState *p, FILE *pfNew){
+  if( p->out != stdout ) eputz("Output already redirected.\n");
+  else{
+    p->out = pfNew;
+    setOutputStream(pfNew);
+  }
+}
+
 /*
 ** Change the output file back to stdout.
 **
@@ -6370,7 +6160,7 @@ static void output_reset(ShellState *p){
       char *zCmd;
       zCmd = sqlite3_mprintf("%s %s", zXdgOpenCmd, p->zTempFile);
       if( system(zCmd) ){
-        utf8_printf(stderr, "Failed: [%s]\n", zCmd);
+        eputf("Failed: [%s]\n", zCmd);
       }else{
         /* Give the start/open/xdg-open command some time to get
         ** going before we continue, and potential delete the
@@ -6385,7 +6175,12 @@ static void output_reset(ShellState *p){
   }
   p->outfile[0] = 0;
   p->out = stdout;
+  setOutputStream(stdout);
 }
+#else
+# define output_redir(SS,pfO)
+# define output_reset(SS)
+#endif
 
 /*
 ** Run an SQL command and return the single integer result.
@@ -6456,7 +6251,7 @@ static int shell_dbinfo_command(ShellState *p, int nArg, char **azArg){
              "SELECT data FROM sqlite_dbpage(?1) WHERE pgno=1",
              -1, &pStmt, 0);
   if( rc ){
-    utf8_printf(stderr, "error: %s\n", sqlite3_errmsg(p->db));
+    eputf("error: %s\n", sqlite3_errmsg(p->db));
     sqlite3_finalize(pStmt);
     return 1;
   }
@@ -6469,28 +6264,28 @@ static int shell_dbinfo_command(ShellState *p, int nArg, char **azArg){
     memcpy(aHdr, pb, 100);
     sqlite3_finalize(pStmt);
   }else{
-    raw_printf(stderr, "unable to read database header\n");
+    eputz("unable to read database header\n");
     sqlite3_finalize(pStmt);
     return 1;
   }
   i = get2byteInt(aHdr+16);
   if( i==1 ) i = 65536;
-  utf8_printf(p->out, "%-20s %d\n", "database page size:", i);
-  utf8_printf(p->out, "%-20s %d\n", "write format:", aHdr[18]);
-  utf8_printf(p->out, "%-20s %d\n", "read format:", aHdr[19]);
-  utf8_printf(p->out, "%-20s %d\n", "reserved bytes:", aHdr[20]);
+  oputf("%-20s %d\n", "database page size:", i);
+  oputf("%-20s %d\n", "write format:", aHdr[18]);
+  oputf("%-20s %d\n", "read format:", aHdr[19]);
+  oputf("%-20s %d\n", "reserved bytes:", aHdr[20]);
   for(i=0; i<ArraySize(aField); i++){
     int ofst = aField[i].ofst;
     unsigned int val = get4byteInt(aHdr + ofst);
-    utf8_printf(p->out, "%-20s %u", aField[i].zName, val);
+    oputf("%-20s %u", aField[i].zName, val);
     switch( ofst ){
       case 56: {
-        if( val==1 ) raw_printf(p->out, " (utf8)");
-        if( val==2 ) raw_printf(p->out, " (utf16le)");
-        if( val==3 ) raw_printf(p->out, " (utf16be)");
+        if( val==1 ) oputz(" (utf8)");
+        if( val==2 ) oputz(" (utf16le)");
+        if( val==3 ) oputz(" (utf16be)");
       }
     }
-    raw_printf(p->out, "\n");
+    oputz("\n");
   }
   if( zDb==0 ){
     zSchemaTab = sqlite3_mprintf("main.sqlite_schema");
@@ -6503,11 +6298,11 @@ static int shell_dbinfo_command(ShellState *p, int nArg, char **azArg){
     char *zSql = sqlite3_mprintf(aQuery[i].zSql, zSchemaTab);
     int val = db_int(p->db, zSql);
     sqlite3_free(zSql);
-    utf8_printf(p->out, "%-20s %d\n", aQuery[i].zName, val);
+    oputf("%-20s %d\n", aQuery[i].zName, val);
   }
   sqlite3_free(zSchemaTab);
   sqlite3_file_control(p->db, zDb, SQLITE_FCNTL_DATA_VERSION, &iDataVersion);
-  utf8_printf(p->out, "%-20s %u\n", "data version", iDataVersion);
+  oputf("%-20s %u\n", "data version", iDataVersion);
   return 0;
 }
 #endif /* SQLITE_SHELL_HAVE_RECOVER */
@@ -6517,7 +6312,7 @@ static int shell_dbinfo_command(ShellState *p, int nArg, char **azArg){
 */
 static int shellDatabaseError(sqlite3 *db){
   const char *zErr = sqlite3_errmsg(db);
-  utf8_printf(stderr, "Error: %s\n", zErr);
+  eputf("Error: %s\n", zErr);
   return 1;
 }
 
@@ -6752,7 +6547,6 @@ static int lintFkeyIndexes(
   int nArg                        /* Number of entries in azArg[] */
 ){
   sqlite3 *db = pState->db;       /* Database handle to query "main" db of */
-  FILE *out = pState->out;        /* Stream to write non-error output to */
   int bVerbose = 0;               /* If -verbose is present */
   int bGroupByParent = 0;         /* If -groupbyparent is present */
   int i;                          /* To iterate through azArg[] */
@@ -6834,9 +6628,7 @@ static int lintFkeyIndexes(
       zIndent = "    ";
     }
     else{
-      raw_printf(stderr, "Usage: %s %s ?-verbose? ?-groupbyparent?\n",
-          azArg[0], azArg[1]
-      );
+      eputf("Usage: %s %s ?-verbose? ?-groupbyparent?\n", azArg[0], azArg[1]);
       return SQLITE_ERROR;
     }
   }
@@ -6880,23 +6672,23 @@ static int lintFkeyIndexes(
       if( rc!=SQLITE_OK ) break;
 
       if( res<0 ){
-        raw_printf(stderr, "Error: internal error");
+        eputz("Error: internal error");
         break;
       }else{
         if( bGroupByParent
         && (bVerbose || res==0)
         && (zPrev==0 || sqlite3_stricmp(zParent, zPrev))
         ){
-          raw_printf(out, "-- Parent table %s\n", zParent);
+          oputf("-- Parent table %s\n", zParent);
           sqlite3_free(zPrev);
           zPrev = sqlite3_mprintf("%s", zParent);
         }
 
         if( res==0 ){
-          raw_printf(out, "%s%s --> %s\n", zIndent, zCI, zTarget);
+          oputf("%s%s --> %s\n", zIndent, zCI, zTarget);
         }else if( bVerbose ){
-          raw_printf(out, "%s/* no extra indexes required for %s -> %s */\n",
-              zIndent, zFrom, zTarget
+          oputf("%s/* no extra indexes required for %s -> %s */\n",
+                zIndent, zFrom, zTarget
           );
         }
       }
@@ -6904,16 +6696,16 @@ static int lintFkeyIndexes(
     sqlite3_free(zPrev);
 
     if( rc!=SQLITE_OK ){
-      raw_printf(stderr, "%s\n", sqlite3_errmsg(db));
+      eputf("%s\n", sqlite3_errmsg(db));
     }
 
     rc2 = sqlite3_finalize(pSql);
     if( rc==SQLITE_OK && rc2!=SQLITE_OK ){
       rc = rc2;
-      raw_printf(stderr, "%s\n", sqlite3_errmsg(db));
+      eputf("%s\n", sqlite3_errmsg(db));
     }
   }else{
-    raw_printf(stderr, "%s\n", sqlite3_errmsg(db));
+    eputf("%s\n", sqlite3_errmsg(db));
   }
 
   return rc;
@@ -6933,9 +6725,9 @@ static int lintDotCommand(
   return lintFkeyIndexes(pState, azArg, nArg);
 
  usage:
-  raw_printf(stderr, "Usage %s sub-command ?switches...?\n", azArg[0]);
-  raw_printf(stderr, "Where sub-commands are:\n");
-  raw_printf(stderr, "    fkey-indexes\n");
+  eputf("Usage %s sub-command ?switches...?\n", azArg[0]);
+  eputz("Where sub-commands are:\n");
+  eputz("    fkey-indexes\n");
   return SQLITE_ERROR;
 }
 
@@ -6950,9 +6742,7 @@ static void shellPrepare(
   if( *pRc==SQLITE_OK ){
     int rc = sqlite3_prepare_v2(db, zSql, -1, ppStmt, 0);
     if( rc!=SQLITE_OK ){
-      raw_printf(stderr, "sql error: %s (%d)\n",
-          sqlite3_errmsg(db), sqlite3_errcode(db)
-      );
+      eputf("sql error: %s (%d)\n", sqlite3_errmsg(db), sqlite3_errcode(db));
       *pRc = rc;
     }
   }
@@ -7003,7 +6793,7 @@ void shellFinalize(
     int rc = sqlite3_finalize(pStmt);
     if( *pRc==SQLITE_OK ){
       if( rc!=SQLITE_OK ){
-        raw_printf(stderr, "SQL error: %s\n", sqlite3_errmsg(db));
+        eputf("SQL error: %s\n", sqlite3_errmsg(db));
       }
       *pRc = rc;
     }
@@ -7024,7 +6814,7 @@ void shellReset(
   if( *pRc==SQLITE_OK ){
     if( rc!=SQLITE_OK ){
       sqlite3 *db = sqlite3_db_handle(pStmt);
-      raw_printf(stderr, "SQL error: %s\n", sqlite3_errmsg(db));
+      eputf("SQL error: %s\n", sqlite3_errmsg(db));
     }
     *pRc = rc;
   }
@@ -7074,11 +6864,11 @@ static int arErrorMsg(ArCommand *pAr, const char *zFmt, ...){
   va_start(ap, zFmt);
   z = sqlite3_vmprintf(zFmt, ap);
   va_end(ap);
-  utf8_printf(stderr, "Error: %s\n", z);
+  eputf("Error: %s\n", z);
   if( pAr->fromCmdLine ){
-    utf8_printf(stderr, "Use \"-A\" for more help\n");
+    eputz("Use \"-A\" for more help\n");
   }else{
-    utf8_printf(stderr, "Use \".archive --help\" for more help\n");
+    eputz("Use \".archive --help\" for more help\n");
   }
   sqlite3_free(z);
   return SQLITE_ERROR;
@@ -7178,7 +6968,7 @@ static int arParseCommand(
   struct ArSwitch *pEnd = &aSwitch[nSwitch];
 
   if( nArg<=1 ){
-    utf8_printf(stderr, "Wrong number of arguments.  Usage:\n");
+    eputz("Wrong number of arguments.  Usage:\n");
     return arUsage(stderr);
   }else{
     char *z = azArg[1];
@@ -7284,7 +7074,7 @@ static int arParseCommand(
     }
   }
   if( pAr->eCmd==0 ){
-    utf8_printf(stderr, "Required argument missing.  Usage:\n");
+    eputz("Required argument missing.  Usage:\n");
     return arUsage(stderr);
   }
   return SQLITE_OK;
@@ -7327,7 +7117,7 @@ static int arCheckEntries(ArCommand *pAr){
       }
       shellReset(&rc, pTest);
       if( rc==SQLITE_OK && bOk==0 ){
-        utf8_printf(stderr, "not found in archive: %s\n", z);
+        eputf("not found in archive: %s\n", z);
         rc = SQLITE_ERROR;
       }
     }
@@ -7394,18 +7184,15 @@ static int arListCommand(ArCommand *pAr){
   shellPreparePrintf(pAr->db, &rc, &pSql, zSql, azCols[pAr->bVerbose],
                      pAr->zSrcTable, zWhere);
   if( pAr->bDryRun ){
-    utf8_printf(pAr->p->out, "%s\n", sqlite3_sql(pSql));
+    oputf("%s\n", sqlite3_sql(pSql));
   }else{
     while( rc==SQLITE_OK && SQLITE_ROW==sqlite3_step(pSql) ){
       if( pAr->bVerbose ){
-        utf8_printf(pAr->p->out, "%s % 10d  %s  %s\n",
-            sqlite3_column_text(pSql, 0),
-            sqlite3_column_int(pSql, 1),
-            sqlite3_column_text(pSql, 2),
-            sqlite3_column_text(pSql, 3)
-        );
+        oputf("%s % 10d  %s  %s\n",
+              sqlite3_column_text(pSql, 0), sqlite3_column_int(pSql, 1),
+              sqlite3_column_text(pSql, 2),sqlite3_column_text(pSql, 3));
       }else{
-        utf8_printf(pAr->p->out, "%s\n", sqlite3_column_text(pSql, 0));
+        oputf("%s\n", sqlite3_column_text(pSql, 0));
       }
     }
   }
@@ -7414,7 +7201,6 @@ static int arListCommand(ArCommand *pAr){
   return rc;
 }
 
-
 /*
 ** Implementation of .ar "Remove" command.
 */
@@ -7433,7 +7219,7 @@ static int arRemoveCommand(ArCommand *pAr){
     zSql = sqlite3_mprintf("DELETE FROM %s WHERE %s;",
                            pAr->zSrcTable, zWhere);
     if( pAr->bDryRun ){
-      utf8_printf(pAr->p->out, "%s\n", zSql);
+      oputf("%s\n", zSql);
     }else{
       char *zErr = 0;
       rc = sqlite3_exec(pAr->db, "SAVEPOINT ar;", 0, 0, 0);
@@ -7446,7 +7232,7 @@ static int arRemoveCommand(ArCommand *pAr){
         }
       }
       if( zErr ){
-        utf8_printf(stdout, "ERROR: %s\n", zErr);
+        sputf(stdout, "ERROR: %s\n", zErr); /* stdout? */
         sqlite3_free(zErr);
       }
     }
@@ -7510,11 +7296,11 @@ static int arExtractCommand(ArCommand *pAr){
       j = sqlite3_bind_parameter_index(pSql, "$dirOnly");
       sqlite3_bind_int(pSql, j, i);
       if( pAr->bDryRun ){
-        utf8_printf(pAr->p->out, "%s\n", sqlite3_sql(pSql));
+        oputf("%s\n", sqlite3_sql(pSql));
       }else{
         while( rc==SQLITE_OK && SQLITE_ROW==sqlite3_step(pSql) ){
           if( i==0 && pAr->bVerbose ){
-            utf8_printf(pAr->p->out, "%s\n", sqlite3_column_text(pSql, 0));
+            oputf("%s\n", sqlite3_column_text(pSql, 0));
           }
         }
       }
@@ -7534,13 +7320,13 @@ static int arExtractCommand(ArCommand *pAr){
 static int arExecSql(ArCommand *pAr, const char *zSql){
   int rc;
   if( pAr->bDryRun ){
-    utf8_printf(pAr->p->out, "%s\n", zSql);
+    oputf("%s\n", zSql);
     rc = SQLITE_OK;
   }else{
     char *zErr = 0;
     rc = sqlite3_exec(pAr->db, zSql, 0, 0, &zErr);
     if( zErr ){
-      utf8_printf(stdout, "ERROR: %s\n", zErr);
+      sputf(stdout, "ERROR: %s\n", zErr);
       sqlite3_free(zErr);
     }
   }
@@ -7715,15 +7501,13 @@ static int arDotCommand(
       }
       cmd.db = 0;
       if( cmd.bDryRun ){
-        utf8_printf(pState->out, "-- open database '%s'%s\n", cmd.zFile,
-             eDbType==SHELL_OPEN_APPENDVFS ? " using 'apndvfs'" : "");
+        oputf("-- open database '%s'%s\n", cmd.zFile,
+              eDbType==SHELL_OPEN_APPENDVFS ? " using 'apndvfs'" : "");
       }
       rc = sqlite3_open_v2(cmd.zFile, &cmd.db, flags,
              eDbType==SHELL_OPEN_APPENDVFS ? "apndvfs" : 0);
       if( rc!=SQLITE_OK ){
-        utf8_printf(stderr, "cannot open file: %s (%s)\n",
-            cmd.zFile, sqlite3_errmsg(cmd.db)
-        );
+        eputf("cannot open file: %s (%s)\n", cmd.zFile, sqlite3_errmsg(cmd.db));
         goto end_ar_command;
       }
       sqlite3_fileio_init(cmd.db, 0, 0);
@@ -7736,7 +7520,7 @@ static int arDotCommand(
       if( cmd.eCmd!=AR_CMD_CREATE
        && sqlite3_table_column_metadata(cmd.db,0,"sqlar","name",0,0,0,0,0)
       ){
-        utf8_printf(stderr, "database does not contain an 'sqlar' table\n");
+        eputz("database does not contain an 'sqlar' table\n");
         rc = SQLITE_ERROR;
         goto end_ar_command;
       }
@@ -7794,7 +7578,7 @@ end_ar_command:
 */
 static int recoverSqlCb(void *pCtx, const char *zSql){
   ShellState *pState = (ShellState*)pCtx;
-  utf8_printf(pState->out, "%s;\n", zSql);
+  sputf(pState->out, "%s;\n", zSql);
   return SQLITE_OK;
 }
 
@@ -7837,7 +7621,7 @@ static int recoverDatabaseCmd(ShellState *pState, int nArg, char **azArg){
       bRowids = 0;
     }
     else{
-      utf8_printf(stderr, "unexpected option: %s\n", azArg[i]);
+      eputf("unexpected option: %s\n", azArg[i]);
       showHelp(pState->out, azArg[0]);
       return 1;
     }
@@ -7856,7 +7640,7 @@ static int recoverDatabaseCmd(ShellState *pState, int nArg, char **azArg){
   if( sqlite3_recover_errcode(p)!=SQLITE_OK ){
     const char *zErr = sqlite3_recover_errmsg(p);
     int errCode = sqlite3_recover_errcode(p);
-    raw_printf(stderr, "sql error: %s (%d)\n", zErr, errCode);
+    eputf("sql error: %s (%d)\n", zErr, errCode);
   }
   rc = sqlite3_recover_finish(p);
   return rc;
@@ -7881,7 +7665,7 @@ static int recoverDatabaseCmd(ShellState *pState, int nArg, char **azArg){
 #define rc_err_oom_die(rc) \
   if( rc==SQLITE_NOMEM ) shell_check_oom(0); \
   else if(!(rc==SQLITE_OK||rc==SQLITE_DONE)) \
-    fprintf(stderr,"E:%d\n",rc), assert(0)
+    eputf("E:%d\n",rc), assert(0)
 #else
 static void rc_err_oom_die(int rc){
   if( rc==SQLITE_NOMEM ) shell_check_oom(0);
@@ -8021,6 +7805,7 @@ FROM (\
         sqlite3_exec(*pDb,"drop table if exists ColNames;"
                      "drop view if exists RepeatedNames;",0,0,0);
 #endif
+#undef SHELL_COLFIX_DB
       rc = sqlite3_exec(*pDb, zTabMake, 0, 0, 0);
       rc_err_oom_die(rc);
     }
@@ -8134,7 +7919,7 @@ static int do_meta_command(char *zLine, ShellState *p){
 #ifndef SQLITE_OMIT_AUTHORIZATION
   if( c=='a' && cli_strncmp(azArg[0], "auth", n)==0 ){
     if( nArg!=2 ){
-      raw_printf(stderr, "Usage: .auth ON|OFF\n");
+      eputz("Usage: .auth ON|OFF\n");
       rc = 1;
       goto meta_command_exit;
     }
@@ -8181,7 +7966,7 @@ static int do_meta_command(char *zLine, ShellState *p){
           bAsync = 1;
         }else
         {
-          utf8_printf(stderr, "unknown option: %s\n", azArg[j]);
+          eputf("unknown option: %s\n", azArg[j]);
           return 1;
         }
       }else if( zDestFile==0 ){
@@ -8190,19 +7975,19 @@ static int do_meta_command(char *zLine, ShellState *p){
         zDb = zDestFile;
         zDestFile = azArg[j];
       }else{
-        raw_printf(stderr, "Usage: .backup ?DB? ?OPTIONS? FILENAME\n");
+        eputz("Usage: .backup ?DB? ?OPTIONS? FILENAME\n");
         return 1;
       }
     }
     if( zDestFile==0 ){
-      raw_printf(stderr, "missing FILENAME argument on .backup\n");
+      eputz("missing FILENAME argument on .backup\n");
       return 1;
     }
     if( zDb==0 ) zDb = "main";
     rc = sqlite3_open_v2(zDestFile, &pDest,
                   SQLITE_OPEN_READWRITE|SQLITE_OPEN_CREATE, zVfs);
     if( rc!=SQLITE_OK ){
-      utf8_printf(stderr, "Error: cannot open \"%s\"\n", zDestFile);
+      eputf("Error: cannot open \"%s\"\n", zDestFile);
       close_db(pDest);
       return 1;
     }
@@ -8213,7 +7998,7 @@ static int do_meta_command(char *zLine, ShellState *p){
     open_db(p, 0);
     pBackup = sqlite3_backup_init(pDest, "main", p->db, zDb);
     if( pBackup==0 ){
-      utf8_printf(stderr, "Error: %s\n", sqlite3_errmsg(pDest));
+      eputf("Error: %s\n", sqlite3_errmsg(pDest));
       close_db(pDest);
       return 1;
     }
@@ -8222,7 +8007,7 @@ static int do_meta_command(char *zLine, ShellState *p){
     if( rc==SQLITE_DONE ){
       rc = 0;
     }else{
-      utf8_printf(stderr, "Error: %s\n", sqlite3_errmsg(pDest));
+      eputf("Error: %s\n", sqlite3_errmsg(pDest));
       rc = 1;
     }
     close_db(pDest);
@@ -8233,7 +8018,7 @@ static int do_meta_command(char *zLine, ShellState *p){
     if( nArg==2 ){
       bail_on_error = booleanValue(azArg[1]);
     }else{
-      raw_printf(stderr, "Usage: .bail on|off\n");
+      eputz("Usage: .bail on|off\n");
       rc = 1;
     }
   }else
@@ -8247,9 +8032,8 @@ static int do_meta_command(char *zLine, ShellState *p){
         setTextMode(p->out, 1);
       }
     }else{
-      raw_printf(stderr, "The \".binary\" command is deprecated."
-                         " Use \".crnl\" instead.\n");
-      raw_printf(stderr, "Usage: .binary on|off\n");
+      eputz("The \".binary\" command is deprecated. Use \".crnl\" instead.\n"
+            "Usage: .binary on|off\n");
       rc = 1;
     }
   }else
@@ -8273,11 +8057,11 @@ static int do_meta_command(char *zLine, ShellState *p){
       rc = chdir(azArg[1]);
 #endif
       if( rc ){
-        utf8_printf(stderr, "Cannot change to directory \"%s\"\n", azArg[1]);
+        eputf("Cannot change to directory \"%s\"\n", azArg[1]);
         rc = 1;
       }
     }else{
-      raw_printf(stderr, "Usage: .cd DIRECTORY\n");
+      eputz("Usage: .cd DIRECTORY\n");
       rc = 1;
     }
   }else
@@ -8287,7 +8071,7 @@ static int do_meta_command(char *zLine, ShellState *p){
     if( nArg==2 ){
       setOrClearFlag(p, SHFLG_CountChanges, azArg[1]);
     }else{
-      raw_printf(stderr, "Usage: .changes on|off\n");
+      eputz("Usage: .changes on|off\n");
       rc = 1;
     }
   }else
@@ -8301,17 +8085,16 @@ static int do_meta_command(char *zLine, ShellState *p){
     char *zRes = 0;
     output_reset(p);
     if( nArg!=2 ){
-      raw_printf(stderr, "Usage: .check GLOB-PATTERN\n");
+      eputz("Usage: .check GLOB-PATTERN\n");
       rc = 2;
     }else if( (zRes = readFile("testcase-out.txt", 0))==0 ){
       rc = 2;
     }else if( testcase_glob(azArg[1],zRes)==0 ){
-      utf8_printf(stderr,
-                 "testcase-%s FAILED\n Expected: [%s]\n      Got: [%s]\n",
-                 p->zTestcase, azArg[1], zRes);
+      eputf("testcase-%s FAILED\n Expected: [%s]\n      Got: [%s]\n",
+            p->zTestcase, azArg[1], zRes);
       rc = 1;
     }else{
-      utf8_printf(stdout, "testcase-%s ok\n", p->zTestcase);
+      oputf("testcase-%s ok\n", p->zTestcase);
       p->nCheck++;
     }
     sqlite3_free(zRes);
@@ -8324,7 +8107,7 @@ static int do_meta_command(char *zLine, ShellState *p){
     if( nArg==2 ){
       tryToClone(p, azArg[1]);
     }else{
-      raw_printf(stderr, "Usage: .clone FILENAME\n");
+      eputz("Usage: .clone FILENAME\n");
       rc = 1;
     }
   }else
@@ -8344,9 +8127,9 @@ static int do_meta_command(char *zLine, ShellState *p){
           zFile = "(temporary-file)";
         }
         if( p->pAuxDb == &p->aAuxDb[i] ){
-          utf8_printf(stdout, "ACTIVE %d: %s\n", i, zFile);
+          sputf(stdout, "ACTIVE %d: %s\n", i, zFile);
         }else if( p->aAuxDb[i].db!=0 ){
-          utf8_printf(stdout, "       %d: %s\n", i, zFile);
+          sputf(stdout, "       %d: %s\n", i, zFile);
         }
       }
     }else if( nArg==2 && IsDigit(azArg[1][0]) && azArg[1][1]==0 ){
@@ -8363,7 +8146,7 @@ static int do_meta_command(char *zLine, ShellState *p){
       if( i<0 || i>=ArraySize(p->aAuxDb) ){
         /* No-op */
       }else if( p->pAuxDb == &p->aAuxDb[i] ){
-        raw_printf(stderr, "cannot close the active database connection\n");
+        eputz("cannot close the active database connection\n");
         rc = 1;
       }else if( p->aAuxDb[i].db ){
         session_close_all(p, i);
@@ -8371,7 +8154,7 @@ static int do_meta_command(char *zLine, ShellState *p){
         p->aAuxDb[i].db = 0;
       }
     }else{
-      raw_printf(stderr, "Usage: .connection [close] [CONNECTION-NUMBER]\n");
+      eputz("Usage: .connection [close] [CONNECTION-NUMBER]\n");
       rc = 1;
     }
   }else
@@ -8385,9 +8168,9 @@ static int do_meta_command(char *zLine, ShellState *p){
       }
     }else{
 #if !defined(_WIN32) && !defined(WIN32)
-      raw_printf(stderr, "The \".crnl\" is a no-op on non-Windows machines.\n");
+      eputz("The \".crnl\" is a no-op on non-Windows machines.\n");
 #endif
-      raw_printf(stderr, "Usage: .crnl on|off\n");
+      eputz("Usage: .crnl on|off\n");
       rc = 1;
     }
   }else
@@ -8400,7 +8183,7 @@ static int do_meta_command(char *zLine, ShellState *p){
     open_db(p, 0);
     rc = sqlite3_prepare_v2(p->db, "PRAGMA database_list", -1, &pStmt, 0);
     if( rc ){
-      utf8_printf(stderr, "Error: %s\n", sqlite3_errmsg(p->db));
+      eputf("Error: %s\n", sqlite3_errmsg(p->db));
       rc = 1;
     }else{
       while( sqlite3_step(pStmt)==SQLITE_ROW ){
@@ -8419,11 +8202,9 @@ static int do_meta_command(char *zLine, ShellState *p){
       int eTxn = sqlite3_txn_state(p->db, azName[i*2]);
       int bRdonly = sqlite3_db_readonly(p->db, azName[i*2]);
       const char *z = azName[i*2+1];
-      utf8_printf(p->out, "%s: %s %s%s\n",
-         azName[i*2],
-         z && z[0] ? z : "\"\"",
-         bRdonly ? "r/o" : "r/w",
-         eTxn==SQLITE_TXN_NONE ? "" :
+      oputf("%s: %s %s%s\n",
+            azName[i*2], z && z[0] ? z : "\"\"", bRdonly ? "r/o" : "r/w",
+            eTxn==SQLITE_TXN_NONE ? "" :
             eTxn==SQLITE_TXN_READ ? " read-txn" : " write-txn");
       free(azName[i*2]);
       free(azName[i*2+1]);
@@ -8463,12 +8244,12 @@ static int do_meta_command(char *zLine, ShellState *p){
         sqlite3_db_config(p->db, aDbConfig[ii].op, booleanValue(azArg[2]), 0);
       }
       sqlite3_db_config(p->db, aDbConfig[ii].op, -1, &v);
-      utf8_printf(p->out, "%19s %s\n", aDbConfig[ii].zName, v ? "on" : "off");
+      oputf("%19s %s\n", aDbConfig[ii].zName, v ? "on" : "off");
       if( nArg>1 ) break;
     }
     if( nArg>1 && ii==ArraySize(aDbConfig) ){
-      utf8_printf(stderr, "Error: unknown dbconfig \"%s\"\n", azArg[1]);
-      utf8_printf(stderr, "Enter \".dbconfig\" with no arguments for a list\n");
+      eputf("Error: unknown dbconfig \"%s\"\n", azArg[1]);
+      eputz("Enter \".dbconfig\" with no arguments for a list\n");
     }
   }else
 
@@ -8498,8 +8279,8 @@ static int do_meta_command(char *zLine, ShellState *p){
         if( z[0]=='-' ) z++;
         if( cli_strcmp(z,"preserve-rowids")==0 ){
 #ifdef SQLITE_OMIT_VIRTUALTABLE
-          raw_printf(stderr, "The --preserve-rowids option is not compatible"
-                             " with SQLITE_OMIT_VIRTUALTABLE\n");
+          eputz("The --preserve-rowids option is not compatible"
+                " with SQLITE_OMIT_VIRTUALTABLE\n");
           rc = 1;
           sqlite3_free(zLike);
           goto meta_command_exit;
@@ -8517,7 +8298,7 @@ static int do_meta_command(char *zLine, ShellState *p){
           ShellSetFlag(p, SHFLG_DumpNoSys);
         }else
         {
-          raw_printf(stderr, "Unknown option \"%s\" on \".dump\"\n", azArg[i]);
+          eputf("Unknown option \"%s\" on \".dump\"\n", azArg[i]);
           rc = 1;
           sqlite3_free(zLike);
           goto meta_command_exit;
@@ -8551,8 +8332,8 @@ static int do_meta_command(char *zLine, ShellState *p){
       /* When playing back a "dump", the content might appear in an order
       ** which causes immediate foreign key constraints to be violated.
       ** So disable foreign-key constraint enforcement to prevent problems. */
-      raw_printf(p->out, "PRAGMA foreign_keys=OFF;\n");
-      raw_printf(p->out, "BEGIN TRANSACTION;\n");
+      oputz("PRAGMA foreign_keys=OFF;\n");
+      oputz("BEGIN TRANSACTION;\n");
     }
     p->writableSchema = 0;
     p->showHeader = 0;
@@ -8583,13 +8364,13 @@ static int do_meta_command(char *zLine, ShellState *p){
     }
     sqlite3_free(zLike);
     if( p->writableSchema ){
-      raw_printf(p->out, "PRAGMA writable_schema=OFF;\n");
+      oputz("PRAGMA writable_schema=OFF;\n");
       p->writableSchema = 0;
     }
     sqlite3_exec(p->db, "PRAGMA writable_schema=OFF;", 0, 0, 0);
     sqlite3_exec(p->db, "RELEASE dump;", 0, 0, 0);
     if( (p->shellFlgs & SHFLG_DumpDataOnly)==0 ){
-      raw_printf(p->out, p->nErr?"ROLLBACK; -- due to errors\n":"COMMIT;\n");
+      oputz(p->nErr?"ROLLBACK; -- due to errors\n":"COMMIT;\n");
     }
     p->showHeader = savedShowHeader;
     p->shellFlgs = savedShellFlags;
@@ -8599,7 +8380,7 @@ static int do_meta_command(char *zLine, ShellState *p){
     if( nArg==2 ){
       setOrClearFlag(p, SHFLG_Echo, azArg[1]);
     }else{
-      raw_printf(stderr, "Usage: .echo on|off\n");
+      eputz("Usage: .echo on|off\n");
       rc = 1;
     }
   }else
@@ -8630,7 +8411,7 @@ static int do_meta_command(char *zLine, ShellState *p){
         p->autoEQP = (u8)booleanValue(azArg[1]);
       }
     }else{
-      raw_printf(stderr, "Usage: .eqp off|on|trace|trigger|full\n");
+      eputz("Usage: .eqp off|on|trace|trigger|full\n");
       rc = 1;
     }
   }else
@@ -8669,9 +8450,8 @@ static int do_meta_command(char *zLine, ShellState *p){
 #ifndef SQLITE_OMIT_VIRTUALTABLE
   if( c=='e' && cli_strncmp(azArg[0], "expert", n)==0 ){
     if( p->bSafeMode ){
-      raw_printf(stderr,
-        "Cannot run experimental commands such as \"%s\" in safe mode\n",
-        azArg[0]);
+      eputf("Cannot run experimental commands such as \"%s\" in safe mode\n",
+            azArg[0]);
       rc = 1;
     }else{
       open_db(p, 0);
@@ -8727,10 +8507,9 @@ static int do_meta_command(char *zLine, ShellState *p){
 
     /* --help lists all file-controls */
     if( cli_strcmp(zCmd,"help")==0 ){
-      utf8_printf(p->out, "Available file-controls:\n");
+      oputz("Available file-controls:\n");
       for(i=0; i<ArraySize(aCtrl); i++){
-        utf8_printf(p->out, "  .filectrl %s %s\n",
-                    aCtrl[i].zCtrlName, aCtrl[i].zUsage);
+        oputf("  .filectrl %s %s\n", aCtrl[i].zCtrlName, aCtrl[i].zUsage);
       }
       rc = 1;
       goto meta_command_exit;
@@ -8745,16 +8524,16 @@ static int do_meta_command(char *zLine, ShellState *p){
           filectrl = aCtrl[i].ctrlCode;
           iCtrl = i;
         }else{
-          utf8_printf(stderr, "Error: ambiguous file-control: \"%s\"\n"
-                              "Use \".filectrl --help\" for help\n", zCmd);
+          eputf("Error: ambiguous file-control: \"%s\"\n"
+                "Use \".filectrl --help\" for help\n", zCmd);
           rc = 1;
           goto meta_command_exit;
         }
       }
     }
     if( filectrl<0 ){
-      utf8_printf(stderr,"Error: unknown file-control: %s\n"
-                         "Use \".filectrl --help\" for help\n", zCmd);
+      eputf("Error: unknown file-control: %s\n"
+            "Use \".filectrl --help\" for help\n", zCmd);
     }else{
       switch(filectrl){
         case SQLITE_FCNTL_SIZE_LIMIT: {
@@ -8797,7 +8576,7 @@ static int do_meta_command(char *zLine, ShellState *p){
           if( nArg!=2 ) break;
           sqlite3_file_control(p->db, zSchema, filectrl, &z);
           if( z ){
-            utf8_printf(p->out, "%s\n", z);
+            oputf("%s\n", z);
             sqlite3_free(z);
           }
           isOk = 2;
@@ -8811,19 +8590,19 @@ static int do_meta_command(char *zLine, ShellState *p){
           }
           x = -1;
           sqlite3_file_control(p->db, zSchema, filectrl, &x);
-          utf8_printf(p->out,"%d\n", x);
+          oputf("%d\n", x);
           isOk = 2;
           break;
         }
       }
     }
     if( isOk==0 && iCtrl>=0 ){
-      utf8_printf(p->out, "Usage: .filectrl %s %s\n", zCmd,aCtrl[iCtrl].zUsage);
+      oputf("Usage: .filectrl %s %s\n", zCmd,aCtrl[iCtrl].zUsage);
       rc = 1;
     }else if( isOk==1 ){
       char zBuf[100];
       sqlite3_snprintf(sizeof(zBuf), zBuf, "%lld", iRes);
-      raw_printf(p->out, "%s\n", zBuf);
+      oputf("%s\n", zBuf);
     }
   }else
 
@@ -8838,7 +8617,7 @@ static int do_meta_command(char *zLine, ShellState *p){
       nArg = 1;
     }
     if( nArg!=1 ){
-      raw_printf(stderr, "Usage: .fullschema ?--indent?\n");
+      eputz("Usage: .fullschema ?--indent?\n");
       rc = 1;
       goto meta_command_exit;
     }
@@ -8864,15 +8643,15 @@ static int do_meta_command(char *zLine, ShellState *p){
       }
     }
     if( doStats==0 ){
-      raw_printf(p->out, "/* No STAT tables available */\n");
+      oputz("/* No STAT tables available */\n");
     }else{
-      raw_printf(p->out, "ANALYZE sqlite_schema;\n");
+      oputz("ANALYZE sqlite_schema;\n");
       data.cMode = data.mode = MODE_Insert;
       data.zDestTable = "sqlite_stat1";
       shell_exec(&data, "SELECT * FROM sqlite_stat1", 0);
       data.zDestTable = "sqlite_stat4";
       shell_exec(&data, "SELECT * FROM sqlite_stat4", 0);
-      raw_printf(p->out, "ANALYZE sqlite_schema;\n");
+      oputz("ANALYZE sqlite_schema;\n");
     }
   }else
 
@@ -8881,7 +8660,7 @@ static int do_meta_command(char *zLine, ShellState *p){
       p->showHeader = booleanValue(azArg[1]);
       p->shellFlgs |= SHFLG_HeaderSet;
     }else{
-      raw_printf(stderr, "Usage: .headers on|off\n");
+      eputz("Usage: .headers on|off\n");
       rc = 1;
     }
   }else
@@ -8890,7 +8669,7 @@ static int do_meta_command(char *zLine, ShellState *p){
     if( nArg>=2 ){
       n = showHelp(p->out, azArg[1]);
       if( n==0 ){
-        utf8_printf(p->out, "Nothing matches '%s'\n", azArg[1]);
+        oputf("Nothing matches '%s'\n", azArg[1]);
       }
     }else{
       showHelp(p->out, 0);
@@ -8934,7 +8713,7 @@ static int do_meta_command(char *zLine, ShellState *p){
         }else if( zTable==0 ){
           zTable = z;
         }else{
-          utf8_printf(p->out, "ERROR: extra argument: \"%s\".  Usage:\n", z);
+          oputf("ERROR: extra argument: \"%s\".  Usage:\n", z);
           showHelp(p->out, "import");
           goto meta_command_exit;
         }
@@ -8955,14 +8734,14 @@ static int do_meta_command(char *zLine, ShellState *p){
         xRead = csv_read_one_field;
         useOutputMode = 0;
       }else{
-        utf8_printf(p->out, "ERROR: unknown option: \"%s\".  Usage:\n", z);
+        oputf("ERROR: unknown option: \"%s\".  Usage:\n", z);
         showHelp(p->out, "import");
         goto meta_command_exit;
       }
     }
     if( zTable==0 ){
-      utf8_printf(p->out, "ERROR: missing %s argument. Usage:\n",
-                  zFile==0 ? "FILE" : "TABLE");
+      oputf("ERROR: missing %s argument. Usage:\n",
+            zFile==0 ? "FILE" : "TABLE");
       showHelp(p->out, "import");
       goto meta_command_exit;
     }
@@ -8973,20 +8752,17 @@ static int do_meta_command(char *zLine, ShellState *p){
       ** the column and row separator characters from the output mode. */
       nSep = strlen30(p->colSeparator);
       if( nSep==0 ){
-        raw_printf(stderr,
-                   "Error: non-null column separator required for import\n");
+        eputz("Error: non-null column separator required for import\n");
         goto meta_command_exit;
       }
       if( nSep>1 ){
-        raw_printf(stderr,
-              "Error: multi-character column separators not allowed"
+        eputz("Error: multi-character column separators not allowed"
               " for import\n");
         goto meta_command_exit;
       }
       nSep = strlen30(p->rowSeparator);
       if( nSep==0 ){
-        raw_printf(stderr,
-            "Error: non-null row separator required for import\n");
+        eputz("Error: non-null row separator required for import\n");
         goto meta_command_exit;
       }
       if( nSep==2 && p->mode==MODE_Csv
@@ -9000,8 +8776,8 @@ static int do_meta_command(char *zLine, ShellState *p){
         nSep = strlen30(p->rowSeparator);
       }
       if( nSep>1 ){
-        raw_printf(stderr, "Error: multi-character row separators not allowed"
-                           " for import\n");
+        eputz("Error: multi-character row separators not allowed"
+              " for import\n");
         goto meta_command_exit;
       }
       sCtx.cColSep = (u8)p->colSeparator[0];
@@ -9011,7 +8787,7 @@ static int do_meta_command(char *zLine, ShellState *p){
     sCtx.nLine = 1;
     if( sCtx.zFile[0]=='|' ){
 #ifdef SQLITE_OMIT_POPEN
-      raw_printf(stderr, "Error: pipes are not supported in this OS\n");
+      eputz("Error: pipes are not supported in this OS\n");
       goto meta_command_exit;
 #else
       sCtx.in = popen(sCtx.zFile+1, "r");
@@ -9023,19 +8799,19 @@ static int do_meta_command(char *zLine, ShellState *p){
       sCtx.xCloser = fclose;
     }
     if( sCtx.in==0 ){
-      utf8_printf(stderr, "Error: cannot open \"%s\"\n", zFile);
+      eputf("Error: cannot open \"%s\"\n", zFile);
       goto meta_command_exit;
     }
     if( eVerbose>=2 || (eVerbose>=1 && useOutputMode) ){
       char zSep[2];
       zSep[1] = 0;
       zSep[0] = sCtx.cColSep;
-      utf8_printf(p->out, "Column separator ");
-      output_c_string(p->out, zSep);
-      utf8_printf(p->out, ", row separator ");
+      oputz("Column separator ");
+      output_c_string(zSep);
+      oputz(", row separator ");
       zSep[0] = sCtx.cRowSep;
-      output_c_string(p->out, zSep);
-      utf8_printf(p->out, "\n");
+      output_c_string(zSep);
+      oputz("\n");
     }
     sCtx.z = sqlite3_malloc64(120);
     if( sCtx.z==0 ){
@@ -9070,14 +8846,14 @@ static int do_meta_command(char *zLine, ShellState *p){
       }
       zColDefs = zAutoColumn(0, &dbCols, &zRenames);
       if( zRenames!=0 ){
-        utf8_printf((stdin_is_interactive && p->in==stdin)? p->out : stderr,
-                    "Columns renamed during .import %s due to duplicates:\n"
-                    "%s\n", sCtx.zFile, zRenames);
+        sputf((stdin_is_interactive && p->in==stdin)? p->out : stderr,
+              "Columns renamed during .import %s due to duplicates:\n"
+              "%s\n", sCtx.zFile, zRenames);
         sqlite3_free(zRenames);
       }
       assert(dbCols==0);
       if( zColDefs==0 ){
-        utf8_printf(stderr,"%s: empty file\n", sCtx.zFile);
+        eputf("%s: empty file\n", sCtx.zFile);
       import_fail:
         sqlite3_free(zCreate);
         sqlite3_free(zSql);
@@ -9088,11 +8864,11 @@ static int do_meta_command(char *zLine, ShellState *p){
       }
       zCreate = sqlite3_mprintf("%z%z\n", zCreate, zColDefs);
       if( eVerbose>=1 ){
-        utf8_printf(p->out, "%s\n", zCreate);
+        oputf("%s\n", zCreate);
       }
       rc = sqlite3_exec(p->db, zCreate, 0, 0, 0);
       if( rc ){
-        utf8_printf(stderr, "%s failed:\n%s\n", zCreate, sqlite3_errmsg(p->db));
+        eputf("%s failed:\n%s\n", zCreate, sqlite3_errmsg(p->db));
         goto import_fail;
       }
       sqlite3_free(zCreate);
@@ -9101,7 +8877,7 @@ static int do_meta_command(char *zLine, ShellState *p){
     }
     if( rc ){
       if (pStmt) sqlite3_finalize(pStmt);
-      utf8_printf(stderr,"Error: %s\n", sqlite3_errmsg(p->db));
+      eputf("Error: %s\n", sqlite3_errmsg(p->db));
       goto import_fail;
     }
     sqlite3_free(zSql);
@@ -9123,11 +8899,11 @@ static int do_meta_command(char *zLine, ShellState *p){
     zSql[j++] = ')';
     zSql[j] = 0;
     if( eVerbose>=2 ){
-      utf8_printf(p->out, "Insert using: %s\n", zSql);
+      oputf("Insert using: %s\n", zSql);
     }
     rc = sqlite3_prepare_v2(p->db, zSql, -1, &pStmt, 0);
     if( rc ){
-      utf8_printf(stderr, "Error: %s\n", sqlite3_errmsg(p->db));
+      eputf("Error: %s\n", sqlite3_errmsg(p->db));
       if (pStmt) sqlite3_finalize(pStmt);
       goto import_fail;
     }
@@ -9160,9 +8936,9 @@ static int do_meta_command(char *zLine, ShellState *p){
         }
         sqlite3_bind_text(pStmt, i+1, z, -1, SQLITE_TRANSIENT);
         if( i<nCol-1 && sCtx.cTerm!=sCtx.cColSep ){
-          utf8_printf(stderr, "%s:%d: expected %d columns but found %d - "
-                          "filling the rest with NULL\n",
-                          sCtx.zFile, startLine, nCol, i+1);
+          eputf("%s:%d: expected %d columns but found %d"
+                " - filling the rest with NULL\n",
+                sCtx.zFile, startLine, nCol, i+1);
           i += 2;
           while( i<=nCol ){ sqlite3_bind_null(pStmt, i); i++; }
         }
@@ -9172,16 +8948,15 @@ static int do_meta_command(char *zLine, ShellState *p){
           xRead(&sCtx);
           i++;
         }while( sCtx.cTerm==sCtx.cColSep );
-        utf8_printf(stderr, "%s:%d: expected %d columns but found %d - "
-                        "extras ignored\n",
-                        sCtx.zFile, startLine, nCol, i);
+        eputf("%s:%d: expected %d columns but found %d - extras ignored\n",
+              sCtx.zFile, startLine, nCol, i);
       }
       if( i>=nCol ){
         sqlite3_step(pStmt);
         rc = sqlite3_reset(pStmt);
         if( rc!=SQLITE_OK ){
-          utf8_printf(stderr, "%s:%d: INSERT failed: %s\n", sCtx.zFile,
-                      startLine, sqlite3_errmsg(p->db));
+          eputf("%s:%d: INSERT failed: %s\n",
+                sCtx.zFile, startLine, sqlite3_errmsg(p->db));
           sCtx.nErr++;
         }else{
           sCtx.nRow++;
@@ -9193,9 +8968,8 @@ static int do_meta_command(char *zLine, ShellState *p){
     sqlite3_finalize(pStmt);
     if( needCommit ) sqlite3_exec(p->db, "COMMIT", 0, 0, 0);
     if( eVerbose>0 ){
-      utf8_printf(p->out,
-          "Added %d rows with %d errors using %d lines of input\n",
-          sCtx.nRow, sCtx.nErr, sCtx.nLine-1);
+      oputf("Added %d rows with %d errors using %d lines of input\n",
+            sCtx.nRow, sCtx.nErr, sCtx.nLine-1);
     }
   }else
 #endif /* !defined(SQLITE_SHELL_FIDDLE) */
@@ -9210,14 +8984,14 @@ static int do_meta_command(char *zLine, ShellState *p){
     int lenPK = 0; /* Length of the PRIMARY KEY string for isWO tables */
     int i;
     if( !ShellHasFlag(p,SHFLG_TestingMode) ){
-      utf8_printf(stderr, ".%s unavailable without --unsafe-testing\n",
-                  "imposter");
+      eputf(".%s unavailable without --unsafe-testing\n",
+            "imposter");
       rc = 1;
       goto meta_command_exit;
     }
     if( !(nArg==3 || (nArg==2 && sqlite3_stricmp(azArg[1],"off")==0)) ){
-      utf8_printf(stderr, "Usage: .imposter INDEX IMPOSTER\n"
-                          "       .imposter off\n");
+      eputz("Usage: .imposter INDEX IMPOSTER\n"
+            "       .imposter off\n");
       /* Also allowed, but not documented:
       **
       **    .imposter TABLE IMPOSTER
@@ -9276,7 +9050,7 @@ static int do_meta_command(char *zLine, ShellState *p){
     }
     sqlite3_finalize(pStmt);
     if( i==0 || tnum==0 ){
-      utf8_printf(stderr, "no such index: \"%s\"\n", azArg[1]);
+      eputf("no such index: \"%s\"\n", azArg[1]);
       rc = 1;
       sqlite3_free(zCollist);
       goto meta_command_exit;
@@ -9291,16 +9065,14 @@ static int do_meta_command(char *zLine, ShellState *p){
       rc = sqlite3_exec(p->db, zSql, 0, 0, 0);
       sqlite3_test_control(SQLITE_TESTCTRL_IMPOSTER, p->db, "main", 0, 0);
       if( rc ){
-        utf8_printf(stderr, "Error in [%s]: %s\n", zSql, sqlite3_errmsg(p->db));
+        eputf("Error in [%s]: %s\n", zSql, sqlite3_errmsg(p->db));
       }else{
-        utf8_printf(stdout, "%s;\n", zSql);
-        raw_printf(stdout,
-          "WARNING: writing to an imposter table will corrupt the \"%s\" %s!\n",
-          azArg[1], isWO ? "table" : "index"
-        );
+        sputf(stdout, "%s;\n", zSql);
+        sputf(stdout, "WARNING: writing to an imposter table will corrupt"
+              " the \"%s\" %s!\n", azArg[1], isWO ? "table" : "index");
       }
     }else{
-      raw_printf(stderr, "SQLITE_TESTCTRL_IMPOSTER returns %d\n", rc);
+      eputf("SQLITE_TESTCTRL_IMPOSTER returns %d\n", rc);
       rc = 1;
     }
     sqlite3_free(zSql);
@@ -9320,7 +9092,7 @@ static int do_meta_command(char *zLine, ShellState *p){
     }else{
       iotrace = fopen(azArg[1], "w");
       if( iotrace==0 ){
-        utf8_printf(stderr, "Error: cannot open \"%s\"\n", azArg[1]);
+        eputf("Error: cannot open \"%s\"\n", azArg[1]);
         sqlite3IoTrace = 0;
         rc = 1;
       }else{
@@ -9352,11 +9124,11 @@ static int do_meta_command(char *zLine, ShellState *p){
     open_db(p, 0);
     if( nArg==1 ){
       for(i=0; i<ArraySize(aLimit); i++){
-        printf("%20s %d\n", aLimit[i].zLimitName,
-               sqlite3_limit(p->db, aLimit[i].limitCode, -1));
+        sputf(stdout, "%20s %d\n", aLimit[i].zLimitName,
+              sqlite3_limit(p->db, aLimit[i].limitCode, -1));
       }
     }else if( nArg>3 ){
-      raw_printf(stderr, "Usage: .limit NAME ?NEW-VALUE?\n");
+      eputz("Usage: .limit NAME ?NEW-VALUE?\n");
       rc = 1;
       goto meta_command_exit;
     }else{
@@ -9367,16 +9139,16 @@ static int do_meta_command(char *zLine, ShellState *p){
           if( iLimit<0 ){
             iLimit = i;
           }else{
-            utf8_printf(stderr, "ambiguous limit: \"%s\"\n", azArg[1]);
+            eputf("ambiguous limit: \"%s\"\n", azArg[1]);
             rc = 1;
             goto meta_command_exit;
           }
         }
       }
       if( iLimit<0 ){
-        utf8_printf(stderr, "unknown limit: \"%s\"\n"
-                        "enter \".limits\" with no arguments for a list.\n",
-                         azArg[1]);
+        eputf("unknown limit: \"%s\"\n"
+              "enter \".limits\" with no arguments for a list.\n",
+              azArg[1]);
         rc = 1;
         goto meta_command_exit;
       }
@@ -9384,8 +9156,8 @@ static int do_meta_command(char *zLine, ShellState *p){
         sqlite3_limit(p->db, aLimit[iLimit].limitCode,
                       (int)integerValue(azArg[2]));
       }
-      printf("%20s %d\n", aLimit[iLimit].zLimitName,
-             sqlite3_limit(p->db, aLimit[iLimit].limitCode, -1));
+      sputf(stdout, "%20s %d\n", aLimit[iLimit].zLimitName,
+            sqlite3_limit(p->db, aLimit[iLimit].limitCode, -1));
     }
   }else
 
@@ -9401,7 +9173,7 @@ static int do_meta_command(char *zLine, ShellState *p){
     failIfSafeMode(p, "cannot run .load in safe mode");
     if( nArg<2 || azArg[1][0]==0 ){
       /* Must have a non-empty FILE. (Will not load self.) */
-      raw_printf(stderr, "Usage: .load FILE ?ENTRYPOINT?\n");
+      eputz("Usage: .load FILE ?ENTRYPOINT?\n");
       rc = 1;
       goto meta_command_exit;
     }
@@ -9410,7 +9182,7 @@ static int do_meta_command(char *zLine, ShellState *p){
     open_db(p, 0);
     rc = sqlite3_load_extension(p->db, zFile, zProc, &zErrMsg);
     if( rc!=SQLITE_OK ){
-      utf8_printf(stderr, "Error: %s\n", zErrMsg);
+      eputf("Error: %s\n", zErrMsg);
       sqlite3_free(zErrMsg);
       rc = 1;
     }
@@ -9419,7 +9191,7 @@ static int do_meta_command(char *zLine, ShellState *p){
 
   if( c=='l' && cli_strncmp(azArg[0], "log", n)==0 ){
     if( nArg!=2 ){
-      raw_printf(stderr, "Usage: .log FILENAME\n");
+      eputz("Usage: .log FILENAME\n");
       rc = 1;
     }else{
       const char *zFile = azArg[1];
@@ -9427,8 +9199,8 @@ static int do_meta_command(char *zLine, ShellState *p){
        && cli_strcmp(zFile,"on")!=0
        && cli_strcmp(zFile,"off")!=0
       ){
-        raw_printf(stdout, "cannot set .log to anything other "
-                   "than \"on\" or \"off\"\n");
+        sputz(stdout, "cannot set .log to anything other"
+              " than \"on\" or \"off\"\n");
         zFile = "off";
       }
       output_file_close(p->pLog);
@@ -9467,17 +9239,17 @@ static int do_meta_command(char *zLine, ShellState *p){
       }else if( zTabname==0 ){
         zTabname = z;
       }else if( z[0]=='-' ){
-        utf8_printf(stderr, "unknown option: %s\n", z);
-        utf8_printf(stderr, "options:\n"
-                            "  --noquote\n"
-                            "  --quote\n"
-                            "  --wordwrap on/off\n"
-                            "  --wrap N\n"
-                            "  --ww\n");
+        eputf("unknown option: %s\n", z);
+        eputz("options:\n"
+              "  --noquote\n"
+              "  --quote\n"
+              "  --wordwrap on/off\n"
+              "  --wrap N\n"
+              "  --ww\n");
         rc = 1;
         goto meta_command_exit;
       }else{
-        utf8_printf(stderr, "extra argument: \"%s\"\n", z);
+        eputf("extra argument: \"%s\"\n", z);
         rc = 1;
         goto meta_command_exit;
       }
@@ -9486,14 +9258,12 @@ static int do_meta_command(char *zLine, ShellState *p){
       if( p->mode==MODE_Column
        || (p->mode>=MODE_Markdown && p->mode<=MODE_Box)
       ){
-        raw_printf
-          (p->out,
-           "current output mode: %s --wrap %d --wordwrap %s --%squote\n",
-           modeDescr[p->mode], p->cmOpts.iWrap,
-           p->cmOpts.bWordWrap ? "on" : "off",
-           p->cmOpts.bQuote ? "" : "no");
+        oputf("current output mode: %s --wrap %d --wordwrap %s --%squote\n",
+              modeDescr[p->mode], p->cmOpts.iWrap,
+              p->cmOpts.bWordWrap ? "on" : "off",
+              p->cmOpts.bQuote ? "" : "no");
       }else{
-        raw_printf(p->out, "current output mode: %s\n", modeDescr[p->mode]);
+        oputf("current output mode: %s\n", modeDescr[p->mode]);
       }
       zMode = modeDescr[p->mode];
     }
@@ -9552,9 +9322,9 @@ static int do_meta_command(char *zLine, ShellState *p){
     }else if( cli_strncmp(zMode,"json",n2)==0 ){
       p->mode = MODE_Json;
     }else{
-      raw_printf(stderr, "Error: mode should be one of: "
-         "ascii box column csv html insert json line list markdown "
-         "qbox quote table tabs tcl\n");
+      eputz("Error: mode should be one of: "
+            "ascii box column csv html insert json line list markdown "
+            "qbox quote table tabs tcl\n");
       rc = 1;
     }
     p->cMode = p->mode;
@@ -9563,11 +9333,11 @@ static int do_meta_command(char *zLine, ShellState *p){
 #ifndef SQLITE_SHELL_FIDDLE
   if( c=='n' && cli_strcmp(azArg[0], "nonce")==0 ){
     if( nArg!=2 ){
-      raw_printf(stderr, "Usage: .nonce NONCE\n");
+      eputz("Usage: .nonce NONCE\n");
       rc = 1;
     }else if( p->zNonce==0 || cli_strcmp(azArg[1],p->zNonce)!=0 ){
-      raw_printf(stderr, "line %d: incorrect nonce: \"%s\"\n",
-                 p->lineno, azArg[1]);
+      eputf("line %d: incorrect nonce: \"%s\"\n",
+            p->lineno, azArg[1]);
       exit(1);
     }else{
       p->bSafeMode = 0;
@@ -9582,7 +9352,7 @@ static int do_meta_command(char *zLine, ShellState *p){
       sqlite3_snprintf(sizeof(p->nullValue), p->nullValue,
                        "%.*s", (int)ArraySize(p->nullValue)-1, azArg[1]);
     }else{
-      raw_printf(stderr, "Usage: .nullvalue STRING\n");
+      eputz("Usage: .nullvalue STRING\n");
       rc = 1;
     }
   }else
@@ -9621,11 +9391,11 @@ static int do_meta_command(char *zLine, ShellState *p){
       }else
 #endif /* !SQLITE_SHELL_FIDDLE */
       if( z[0]=='-' ){
-        utf8_printf(stderr, "unknown option: %s\n", z);
+        eputf("unknown option: %s\n", z);
         rc = 1;
         goto meta_command_exit;
       }else if( zFN ){
-        utf8_printf(stderr, "extra argument: \"%s\"\n", z);
+        eputf("extra argument: \"%s\"\n", z);
         rc = 1;
         goto meta_command_exit;
       }else{
@@ -9667,7 +9437,7 @@ static int do_meta_command(char *zLine, ShellState *p){
       p->pAuxDb->zDbFilename = zNewFilename;
       open_db(p, OPEN_DB_KEEPALIVE);
       if( p->db==0 ){
-        utf8_printf(stderr, "Error: cannot open '%s'\n", zNewFilename);
+        eputf("Error: cannot open '%s'\n", zNewFilename);
         sqlite3_free(zNewFilename);
       }else{
         p->pAuxDb->zFreeOnClose = zNewFilename;
@@ -9691,9 +9461,9 @@ static int do_meta_command(char *zLine, ShellState *p){
     int i;
     int eMode = 0;
     int bOnce = 0;            /* 0: .output, 1: .once, 2: .excel */
-    unsigned char zBOM[4];    /* Byte-order mark to using if --bom is present */
+    static const char *zBomUtf8 = "\xef\xbb\xbf";
+    const char *zBom = 0;
 
-    zBOM[0] = 0;
     failIfSafeMode(p, "cannot run .%s in safe mode", azArg[0]);
     if( c=='e' ){
       eMode = 'x';
@@ -9706,17 +9476,13 @@ static int do_meta_command(char *zLine, ShellState *p){
       if( z[0]=='-' ){
         if( z[1]=='-' ) z++;
         if( cli_strcmp(z,"-bom")==0 ){
-          zBOM[0] = 0xef;
-          zBOM[1] = 0xbb;
-          zBOM[2] = 0xbf;
-          zBOM[3] = 0;
+          zBom = zBomUtf8;
         }else if( c!='e' && cli_strcmp(z,"-x")==0 ){
           eMode = 'x';  /* spreadsheet */
         }else if( c!='e' && cli_strcmp(z,"-e")==0 ){
           eMode = 'e';  /* text editor */
         }else{
-          utf8_printf(p->out, "ERROR: unknown option: \"%s\".  Usage:\n",
-                      azArg[i]);
+          oputf("ERROR: unknown option: \"%s\".  Usage:\n", azArg[i]);
           showHelp(p->out, azArg[0]);
           rc = 1;
           goto meta_command_exit;
@@ -9728,8 +9494,7 @@ static int do_meta_command(char *zLine, ShellState *p){
           break;
         }
       }else{
-        utf8_printf(p->out,"ERROR: extra parameter: \"%s\".  Usage:\n",
-                    azArg[i]);
+        oputf("ERROR: extra parameter: \"%s\".  Usage:\n", azArg[i]);
         showHelp(p->out, azArg[0]);
         rc = 1;
         sqlite3_free(zFile);
@@ -9768,30 +9533,30 @@ static int do_meta_command(char *zLine, ShellState *p){
     shell_check_oom(zFile);
     if( zFile[0]=='|' ){
 #ifdef SQLITE_OMIT_POPEN
-      raw_printf(stderr, "Error: pipes are not supported in this OS\n");
+      eputz("Error: pipes are not supported in this OS\n");
       rc = 1;
-      p->out = stdout;
+      output_redir(p, stdout);
 #else
-      p->out = popen(zFile + 1, "w");
-      if( p->out==0 ){
-        utf8_printf(stderr,"Error: cannot open pipe \"%s\"\n", zFile + 1);
-        p->out = stdout;
+      FILE *pfPipe = popen(zFile + 1, "w");
+      if( pfPipe==0 ){
+        eputf("Error: cannot open pipe \"%s\"\n", zFile + 1);
         rc = 1;
       }else{
-        if( zBOM[0] ) fwrite(zBOM, 1, 3, p->out);
+        output_redir(p, pfPipe);
+        if( zBom ) oputz(zBom);
         sqlite3_snprintf(sizeof(p->outfile), p->outfile, "%s", zFile);
       }
 #endif
     }else{
-      p->out = output_file_open(zFile, bTxtMode);
-      if( p->out==0 ){
+      FILE *pfFile = output_file_open(zFile, bTxtMode);
+      if( pfFile==0 ){
         if( cli_strcmp(zFile,"off")!=0 ){
-          utf8_printf(stderr,"Error: cannot write to \"%s\"\n", zFile);
+          eputf("Error: cannot write to \"%s\"\n", zFile);
         }
-        p->out = stdout;
         rc = 1;
       } else {
-        if( zBOM[0] ) fwrite(zBOM, 1, 3, p->out);
+        output_redir(p, pfFile);
+        if( zBom ) oputz(zBom);
         sqlite3_snprintf(sizeof(p->outfile), p->outfile, "%s", zFile);
       }
     }
@@ -9832,8 +9597,8 @@ static int do_meta_command(char *zLine, ShellState *p){
              "SELECT key, quote(value) "
              "FROM temp.sqlite_parameters;", -1, &pStmt, 0);
         while( rx==SQLITE_OK && sqlite3_step(pStmt)==SQLITE_ROW ){
-          utf8_printf(p->out, "%-*s %s\n", len, sqlite3_column_text(pStmt,0),
-                      sqlite3_column_text(pStmt,1));
+          oputf("%-*s %s\n", len, sqlite3_column_text(pStmt,0),
+                sqlite3_column_text(pStmt,1));
         }
         sqlite3_finalize(pStmt);
       }
@@ -9877,7 +9642,7 @@ static int do_meta_command(char *zLine, ShellState *p){
         rx = sqlite3_prepare_v2(p->db, zSql, -1, &pStmt, 0);
         sqlite3_free(zSql);
         if( rx!=SQLITE_OK ){
-          utf8_printf(p->out, "Error: %s\n", sqlite3_errmsg(p->db));
+          oputf("Error: %s\n", sqlite3_errmsg(p->db));
           sqlite3_finalize(pStmt);
           pStmt = 0;
           rc = 1;
@@ -9906,10 +9671,10 @@ static int do_meta_command(char *zLine, ShellState *p){
   if( c=='p' && n>=3 && cli_strncmp(azArg[0], "print", n)==0 ){
     int i;
     for(i=1; i<nArg; i++){
-      if( i>1 ) raw_printf(p->out, " ");
-      utf8_printf(p->out, "%s", azArg[i]);
+      if( i>1 ) oputz(" ");
+      oputz(azArg[i]);
     }
-    raw_printf(p->out, "\n");
+    oputz("\n");
   }else
 
 #ifndef SQLITE_OMIT_PROGRESS_CALLBACK
@@ -9938,7 +9703,7 @@ static int do_meta_command(char *zLine, ShellState *p){
         }
         if( cli_strcmp(z,"limit")==0 ){
           if( i+1>=nArg ){
-            utf8_printf(stderr, "Error: missing argument on --limit\n");
+            eputz("Error: missing argument on --limit\n");
             rc = 1;
             goto meta_command_exit;
           }else{
@@ -9946,7 +9711,7 @@ static int do_meta_command(char *zLine, ShellState *p){
           }
           continue;
         }
-        utf8_printf(stderr, "Error: unknown option: \"%s\"\n", azArg[i]);
+        eputf("Error: unknown option: \"%s\"\n", azArg[i]);
         rc = 1;
         goto meta_command_exit;
       }else{
@@ -9979,19 +9744,19 @@ static int do_meta_command(char *zLine, ShellState *p){
     int savedLineno = p->lineno;
     failIfSafeMode(p, "cannot run .read in safe mode");
     if( nArg!=2 ){
-      raw_printf(stderr, "Usage: .read FILE\n");
+      eputz("Usage: .read FILE\n");
       rc = 1;
       goto meta_command_exit;
     }
     if( azArg[1][0]=='|' ){
 #ifdef SQLITE_OMIT_POPEN
-      raw_printf(stderr, "Error: pipes are not supported in this OS\n");
+      eputz("Error: pipes are not supported in this OS\n");
       rc = 1;
       p->out = stdout;
 #else
       p->in = popen(azArg[1]+1, "r");
       if( p->in==0 ){
-        utf8_printf(stderr, "Error: cannot open \"%s\"\n", azArg[1]);
+        eputf("Error: cannot open \"%s\"\n", azArg[1]);
         rc = 1;
       }else{
         rc = process_input(p);
@@ -9999,7 +9764,7 @@ static int do_meta_command(char *zLine, ShellState *p){
       }
 #endif
     }else if( (p->in = openChrSource(azArg[1]))==0 ){
-      utf8_printf(stderr,"Error: cannot open \"%s\"\n", azArg[1]);
+      eputf("Error: cannot open \"%s\"\n", azArg[1]);
       rc = 1;
     }else{
       rc = process_input(p);
@@ -10026,20 +9791,20 @@ static int do_meta_command(char *zLine, ShellState *p){
       zSrcFile = azArg[2];
       zDb = azArg[1];
     }else{
-      raw_printf(stderr, "Usage: .restore ?DB? FILE\n");
+      eputz("Usage: .restore ?DB? FILE\n");
       rc = 1;
       goto meta_command_exit;
     }
     rc = sqlite3_open(zSrcFile, &pSrc);
     if( rc!=SQLITE_OK ){
-      utf8_printf(stderr, "Error: cannot open \"%s\"\n", zSrcFile);
+      eputf("Error: cannot open \"%s\"\n", zSrcFile);
       close_db(pSrc);
       return 1;
     }
     open_db(p, 0);
     pBackup = sqlite3_backup_init(p->db, zDb, pSrc, "main");
     if( pBackup==0 ){
-      utf8_printf(stderr, "Error: %s\n", sqlite3_errmsg(p->db));
+      eputf("Error: %s\n", sqlite3_errmsg(p->db));
       close_db(pSrc);
       return 1;
     }
@@ -10054,10 +9819,10 @@ static int do_meta_command(char *zLine, ShellState *p){
     if( rc==SQLITE_DONE ){
       rc = 0;
     }else if( rc==SQLITE_BUSY || rc==SQLITE_LOCKED ){
-      raw_printf(stderr, "Error: source database is busy\n");
+      eputz("Error: source database is busy\n");
       rc = 1;
     }else{
-      utf8_printf(stderr, "Error: %s\n", sqlite3_errmsg(p->db));
+      eputf("Error: %s\n", sqlite3_errmsg(p->db));
       rc = 1;
     }
     close_db(pSrc);
@@ -10079,16 +9844,14 @@ static int do_meta_command(char *zLine, ShellState *p){
           p->db, SQLITE_DBCONFIG_STMT_SCANSTATUS, p->scanstatsOn, (int*)0
       );
 #if !defined(SQLITE_ENABLE_STMT_SCANSTATUS)
-      raw_printf(stderr, "Warning: .scanstats not available in this build.\n");
+      eputz("Warning: .scanstats not available in this build.\n");
 #elif !defined(SQLITE_ENABLE_BYTECODE_VTAB)
       if( p->scanstatsOn==3 ){
-        raw_printf(stderr, 
-            "Warning: \".scanstats vm\" not available in this build.\n"
-        );
+        eputz("Warning: \".scanstats vm\" not available in this build.\n");
       }
 #endif
     }else{
-      raw_printf(stderr, "Usage: .scanstats on|off|est\n");
+      eputz("Usage: .scanstats on|off|est\n");
       rc = 1;
     }
   }else
@@ -10117,14 +9880,13 @@ static int do_meta_command(char *zLine, ShellState *p){
       }else if( optionMatch(azArg[ii],"nosys") ){
         bNoSystemTabs = 1;
       }else if( azArg[ii][0]=='-' ){
-        utf8_printf(stderr, "Unknown option: \"%s\"\n", azArg[ii]);
+        eputf("Unknown option: \"%s\"\n", azArg[ii]);
         rc = 1;
         goto meta_command_exit;
       }else if( zName==0 ){
         zName = azArg[ii];
       }else{
-        raw_printf(stderr,
-                   "Usage: .schema ?--indent? ?--nosys? ?LIKE-PATTERN?\n");
+        eputz("Usage: .schema ?--indent? ?--nosys? ?LIKE-PATTERN?\n");
         rc = 1;
         goto meta_command_exit;
       }
@@ -10157,7 +9919,7 @@ static int do_meta_command(char *zLine, ShellState *p){
       rc = sqlite3_prepare_v2(p->db, "SELECT name FROM pragma_database_list",
                               -1, &pStmt, 0);
       if( rc ){
-        utf8_printf(stderr, "Error: %s\n", sqlite3_errmsg(p->db));
+        eputf("Error: %s\n", sqlite3_errmsg(p->db));
         sqlite3_finalize(pStmt);
         rc = 1;
         goto meta_command_exit;
@@ -10219,18 +9981,18 @@ static int do_meta_command(char *zLine, ShellState *p){
       appendText(&sSelect, "sql IS NOT NULL"
                            " ORDER BY snum, rowid", 0);
       if( bDebug ){
-        utf8_printf(p->out, "SQL: %s;\n", sSelect.z);
+        oputf("SQL: %s;\n", sSelect.z);
       }else{
         rc = sqlite3_exec(p->db, sSelect.z, callback, &data, &zErrMsg);
       }
       freeText(&sSelect);
     }
     if( zErrMsg ){
-      utf8_printf(stderr,"Error: %s\n", zErrMsg);
+      eputf("Error: %s\n", zErrMsg);
       sqlite3_free(zErrMsg);
       rc = 1;
     }else if( rc != SQLITE_OK ){
-      raw_printf(stderr,"Error: querying schema information\n");
+      eputz("Error: querying schema information\n");
       rc = 1;
     }else{
       rc = 0;
@@ -10276,11 +10038,11 @@ static int do_meta_command(char *zLine, ShellState *p){
       if( nCmd!=2 ) goto session_syntax_error;
       if( pSession->p==0 ){
         session_not_open:
-        raw_printf(stderr, "ERROR: No sessions are open\n");
+        eputz("ERROR: No sessions are open\n");
       }else{
         rc = sqlite3session_attach(pSession->p, azCmd[1]);
         if( rc ){
-          raw_printf(stderr, "ERROR: sqlite3session_attach() returns %d\n", rc);
+          eputf("ERROR: sqlite3session_attach() returns %d\n",rc);
           rc = 0;
         }
       }
@@ -10299,8 +10061,8 @@ static int do_meta_command(char *zLine, ShellState *p){
       if( pSession->p==0 ) goto session_not_open;
       out = fopen(azCmd[1], "wb");
       if( out==0 ){
-        utf8_printf(stderr, "ERROR: cannot open \"%s\" for writing\n",
-                    azCmd[1]);
+        eputf("ERROR: cannot open \"%s\" for writing\n",
+              azCmd[1]);
       }else{
         int szChng;
         void *pChng;
@@ -10310,13 +10072,12 @@ static int do_meta_command(char *zLine, ShellState *p){
           rc = sqlite3session_patchset(pSession->p, &szChng, &pChng);
         }
         if( rc ){
-          printf("Error: error code %d\n", rc);
+          sputf(stdout, "Error: error code %d\n", rc);
           rc = 0;
         }
         if( pChng
           && fwrite(pChng, szChng, 1, out)!=1 ){
-          raw_printf(stderr, "ERROR: Failed to write entire %d-byte output\n",
-                  szChng);
+          eputf("ERROR: Failed to write entire %d-byte output\n", szChng);
         }
         sqlite3_free(pChng);
         fclose(out);
@@ -10343,8 +10104,7 @@ static int do_meta_command(char *zLine, ShellState *p){
       ii = nCmd==1 ? -1 : booleanValue(azCmd[1]);
       if( pAuxDb->nSession ){
         ii = sqlite3session_enable(pSession->p, ii);
-        utf8_printf(p->out, "session %s enable flag = %d\n",
-                    pSession->zName, ii);
+        oputf("session %s enable flag = %d\n", pSession->zName, ii);
       }
     }else
 
@@ -10361,10 +10121,7 @@ static int do_meta_command(char *zLine, ShellState *p){
         sqlite3_free(pSession->azFilter);
         nByte = sizeof(pSession->azFilter[0])*(nCmd-1);
         pSession->azFilter = sqlite3_malloc( nByte );
-        if( pSession->azFilter==0 ){
-          raw_printf(stderr, "Error: out or memory\n");
-          exit(1);
-        }
+        shell_check_oom( pSession->azFilter );
         for(ii=1; ii<nCmd; ii++){
           char *x = pSession->azFilter[ii-1] = sqlite3_mprintf("%s", azCmd[ii]);
           shell_check_oom(x);
@@ -10382,8 +10139,7 @@ static int do_meta_command(char *zLine, ShellState *p){
       ii = nCmd==1 ? -1 : booleanValue(azCmd[1]);
       if( pAuxDb->nSession ){
         ii = sqlite3session_indirect(pSession->p, ii);
-        utf8_printf(p->out, "session %s indirect flag = %d\n",
-                    pSession->zName, ii);
+        oputf("session %s indirect flag = %d\n", pSession->zName, ii);
       }
     }else
 
@@ -10395,8 +10151,7 @@ static int do_meta_command(char *zLine, ShellState *p){
       if( nCmd!=1 ) goto session_syntax_error;
       if( pAuxDb->nSession ){
         ii = sqlite3session_isempty(pSession->p);
-        utf8_printf(p->out, "session %s isempty flag = %d\n",
-                    pSession->zName, ii);
+        oputf("session %s isempty flag = %d\n", pSession->zName, ii);
       }
     }else
 
@@ -10405,7 +10160,7 @@ static int do_meta_command(char *zLine, ShellState *p){
     */
     if( cli_strcmp(azCmd[0],"list")==0 ){
       for(i=0; i<pAuxDb->nSession; i++){
-        utf8_printf(p->out, "%d %s\n", i, pAuxDb->aSession[i].zName);
+        oputf("%d %s\n", i, pAuxDb->aSession[i].zName);
       }
     }else
 
@@ -10420,19 +10175,18 @@ static int do_meta_command(char *zLine, ShellState *p){
       if( zName[0]==0 ) goto session_syntax_error;
       for(i=0; i<pAuxDb->nSession; i++){
         if( cli_strcmp(pAuxDb->aSession[i].zName,zName)==0 ){
-          utf8_printf(stderr, "Session \"%s\" already exists\n", zName);
+          eputf("Session \"%s\" already exists\n", zName);
           goto meta_command_exit;
         }
       }
       if( pAuxDb->nSession>=ArraySize(pAuxDb->aSession) ){
-        raw_printf(stderr,
-                   "Maximum of %d sessions\n", ArraySize(pAuxDb->aSession));
+        eputf("Maximum of %d sessions\n", ArraySize(pAuxDb->aSession));
         goto meta_command_exit;
       }
       pSession = &pAuxDb->aSession[pAuxDb->nSession];
       rc = sqlite3session_create(p->db, azCmd[1], &pSession->p);
       if( rc ){
-        raw_printf(stderr, "Cannot open session: error code=%d\n", rc);
+        eputf("Cannot open session: error code=%d\n", rc);
         rc = 0;
         goto meta_command_exit;
       }
@@ -10456,7 +10210,7 @@ static int do_meta_command(char *zLine, ShellState *p){
       int i, v;
       for(i=1; i<nArg; i++){
         v = booleanValue(azArg[i]);
-        utf8_printf(p->out, "%s: %d 0x%x\n", azArg[i], v, v);
+        oputf("%s: %d 0x%x\n", azArg[i], v, v);
       }
     }
     if( cli_strncmp(azArg[0]+9, "integer", n-9)==0 ){
@@ -10465,7 +10219,7 @@ static int do_meta_command(char *zLine, ShellState *p){
         char zBuf[200];
         v = integerValue(azArg[i]);
         sqlite3_snprintf(sizeof(zBuf),zBuf,"%s: %lld 0x%llx\n", azArg[i],v,v);
-        utf8_printf(p->out, "%s", zBuf);
+        oputz(zBuf);
       }
     }
   }else
@@ -10492,9 +10246,8 @@ static int do_meta_command(char *zLine, ShellState *p){
         bVerbose++;
       }else
       {
-        utf8_printf(stderr, "Unknown option \"%s\" on \"%s\"\n",
-                    azArg[i], azArg[0]);
-        raw_printf(stderr, "Should be one of: --init -v\n");
+        eputf("Unknown option \"%s\" on \"%s\"\n", azArg[i], azArg[0]);
+        eputz("Should be one of: --init -v\n");
         rc = 1;
         goto meta_command_exit;
       }
@@ -10523,7 +10276,7 @@ static int do_meta_command(char *zLine, ShellState *p){
           -1, &pStmt, 0);
       }
       if( rc ){
-        raw_printf(stderr, "Error querying the selftest table\n");
+        eputz("Error querying the selftest table\n");
         rc = 1;
         sqlite3_finalize(pStmt);
         goto meta_command_exit;
@@ -10539,10 +10292,10 @@ static int do_meta_command(char *zLine, ShellState *p){
         if( zAns==0 ) continue;
         k = 0;
         if( bVerbose>0 ){
-          printf("%d: %s %s\n", tno, zOp, zSql);
+          sputf(stdout, "%d: %s %s\n", tno, zOp, zSql);
         }
         if( cli_strcmp(zOp,"memo")==0 ){
-          utf8_printf(p->out, "%s\n", zSql);
+          oputf("%s\n", zSql);
         }else
         if( cli_strcmp(zOp,"run")==0 ){
           char *zErrMsg = 0;
@@ -10551,23 +10304,22 @@ static int do_meta_command(char *zLine, ShellState *p){
           rc = sqlite3_exec(p->db, zSql, captureOutputCallback, &str, &zErrMsg);
           nTest++;
           if( bVerbose ){
-            utf8_printf(p->out, "Result: %s\n", str.z);
+            oputf("Result: %s\n", str.z);
           }
           if( rc || zErrMsg ){
             nErr++;
             rc = 1;
-            utf8_printf(p->out, "%d: error-code-%d: %s\n", tno, rc, zErrMsg);
+            oputf("%d: error-code-%d: %s\n", tno, rc, zErrMsg);
             sqlite3_free(zErrMsg);
           }else if( cli_strcmp(zAns,str.z)!=0 ){
             nErr++;
             rc = 1;
-            utf8_printf(p->out, "%d: Expected: [%s]\n", tno, zAns);
-            utf8_printf(p->out, "%d:      Got: [%s]\n", tno, str.z);
+            oputf("%d: Expected: [%s]\n", tno, zAns);
+            oputf("%d:      Got: [%s]\n", tno, str.z);
           }
-        }else
-        {
-          utf8_printf(stderr,
-            "Unknown operation \"%s\" on selftest line %d\n", zOp, tno);
+        }
+        else{
+          eputf("Unknown operation \"%s\" on selftest line %d\n", zOp, tno);
           rc = 1;
           break;
         }
@@ -10575,12 +10327,12 @@ static int do_meta_command(char *zLine, ShellState *p){
       sqlite3_finalize(pStmt);
     } /* End loop over k */
     freeText(&str);
-    utf8_printf(p->out, "%d errors out of %d tests\n", nErr, nTest);
+    oputf("%d errors out of %d tests\n", nErr, nTest);
   }else
 
   if( c=='s' && cli_strncmp(azArg[0], "separator", n)==0 ){
     if( nArg<2 || nArg>3 ){
-      raw_printf(stderr, "Usage: .separator COL ?ROW?\n");
+      eputz("Usage: .separator COL ?ROW?\n");
       rc = 1;
     }
     if( nArg>=2 ){
@@ -10623,14 +10375,13 @@ static int do_meta_command(char *zLine, ShellState *p){
           bDebug = 1;
         }else
         {
-          utf8_printf(stderr, "Unknown option \"%s\" on \"%s\"\n",
-                      azArg[i], azArg[0]);
+          eputf("Unknown option \"%s\" on \"%s\"\n", azArg[i], azArg[0]);
           showHelp(p->out, azArg[0]);
           rc = 1;
           goto meta_command_exit;
         }
       }else if( zLike ){
-        raw_printf(stderr, "Usage: .sha3sum ?OPTIONS? ?LIKE-PATTERN?\n");
+        eputz("Usage: .sha3sum ?OPTIONS? ?LIKE-PATTERN?\n");
         rc = 1;
         goto meta_command_exit;
       }else{
@@ -10702,7 +10453,7 @@ static int do_meta_command(char *zLine, ShellState *p){
     freeText(&sQuery);
     freeText(&sSql);
     if( bDebug ){
-      utf8_printf(p->out, "%s\n", zSql);
+      oputf("%s\n", zSql);
     }else{
       shell_exec(p, zSql, 0);
     }
@@ -10732,7 +10483,7 @@ static int do_meta_command(char *zLine, ShellState *p){
           "' OR ') as query, tname from tabcols group by tname)"
           , zRevText);
       shell_check_oom(zRevText);
-      if( bDebug ) utf8_printf(p->out, "%s\n", zRevText);
+      if( bDebug ) oputf("%s\n", zRevText);
       lrc = sqlite3_prepare_v2(p->db, zRevText, -1, &pStmt, 0);
       if( lrc!=SQLITE_OK ){
         /* assert(lrc==SQLITE_NOMEM); // might also be SQLITE_ERROR if the
@@ -10745,7 +10496,7 @@ static int do_meta_command(char *zLine, ShellState *p){
           const char *zGenQuery = (char*)sqlite3_column_text(pStmt,0);
           sqlite3_stmt *pCheckStmt;
           lrc = sqlite3_prepare_v2(p->db, zGenQuery, -1, &pCheckStmt, 0);
-          if( bDebug ) utf8_printf(p->out, "%s\n", zGenQuery);
+          if( bDebug ) oputf("%s\n", zGenQuery);
           if( lrc!=SQLITE_OK ){
             rc = 1;
           }else{
@@ -10753,9 +10504,8 @@ static int do_meta_command(char *zLine, ShellState *p){
               double countIrreversible = sqlite3_column_double(pCheckStmt, 0);
               if( countIrreversible>0 ){
                 int sz = (int)(countIrreversible + 0.5);
-                utf8_printf(stderr,
-                     "Digest includes %d invalidly encoded text field%s.\n",
-                            sz, (sz>1)? "s": "");
+                eputf("Digest includes %d invalidly encoded text field%s.\n",
+                      sz, (sz>1)? "s": "");
               }
             }
             sqlite3_finalize(pCheckStmt);
@@ -10763,7 +10513,7 @@ static int do_meta_command(char *zLine, ShellState *p){
           sqlite3_finalize(pStmt);
         }
       }
-      if( rc ) utf8_printf(stderr, ".sha3sum failed.\n");
+      if( rc ) eputz(".sha3sum failed.\n");
       sqlite3_free(zRevText);
     }
 #endif /* !defined(*_OMIT_SCHEMA_PRAGMAS) && !defined(*_OMIT_VIRTUALTABLE) */
@@ -10779,7 +10529,7 @@ static int do_meta_command(char *zLine, ShellState *p){
     int i, x;
     failIfSafeMode(p, "cannot run .%s in safe mode", azArg[0]);
     if( nArg<2 ){
-      raw_printf(stderr, "Usage: .system COMMAND\n");
+      eputz("Usage: .system COMMAND\n");
       rc = 1;
       goto meta_command_exit;
     }
@@ -10788,9 +10538,11 @@ static int do_meta_command(char *zLine, ShellState *p){
       zCmd = sqlite3_mprintf(strchr(azArg[i],' ')==0?"%z %s":"%z \"%s\"",
                              zCmd, azArg[i]);
     }
+    consoleRestore();
     x = zCmd!=0 ? system(zCmd) : 1;
+    consoleRenewSetup();
     sqlite3_free(zCmd);
-    if( x ) raw_printf(stderr, "System command returns %d\n", x);
+    if( x ) eputf("System command returns %d\n", x);
   }else
 #endif /* !defined(SQLITE_NOHAVE_SYSTEM) && !defined(SQLITE_SHELL_FIDDLE) */
 
@@ -10799,52 +10551,51 @@ static int do_meta_command(char *zLine, ShellState *p){
     const char *zOut;
     int i;
     if( nArg!=1 ){
-      raw_printf(stderr, "Usage: .show\n");
+      eputz("Usage: .show\n");
       rc = 1;
       goto meta_command_exit;
     }
-    utf8_printf(p->out, "%12.12s: %s\n","echo",
-                azBool[ShellHasFlag(p, SHFLG_Echo)]);
-    utf8_printf(p->out, "%12.12s: %s\n","eqp", azBool[p->autoEQP&3]);
-    utf8_printf(p->out, "%12.12s: %s\n","explain",
-         p->mode==MODE_Explain ? "on" : p->autoExplain ? "auto" : "off");
-    utf8_printf(p->out,"%12.12s: %s\n","headers", azBool[p->showHeader!=0]);
+    oputf("%12.12s: %s\n","echo",
+          azBool[ShellHasFlag(p, SHFLG_Echo)]);
+    oputf("%12.12s: %s\n","eqp", azBool[p->autoEQP&3]);
+    oputf("%12.12s: %s\n","explain",
+          p->mode==MODE_Explain ? "on" : p->autoExplain ? "auto" : "off");
+    oputf("%12.12s: %s\n","headers", azBool[p->showHeader!=0]);
     if( p->mode==MODE_Column
      || (p->mode>=MODE_Markdown && p->mode<=MODE_Box)
     ){
-      utf8_printf
-        (p->out, "%12.12s: %s --wrap %d --wordwrap %s --%squote\n", "mode",
-         modeDescr[p->mode], p->cmOpts.iWrap,
-         p->cmOpts.bWordWrap ? "on" : "off",
-         p->cmOpts.bQuote ? "" : "no");
+      oputf("%12.12s: %s --wrap %d --wordwrap %s --%squote\n", "mode",
+            modeDescr[p->mode], p->cmOpts.iWrap,
+            p->cmOpts.bWordWrap ? "on" : "off",
+            p->cmOpts.bQuote ? "" : "no");
     }else{
-      utf8_printf(p->out, "%12.12s: %s\n","mode", modeDescr[p->mode]);
-    }
-    utf8_printf(p->out, "%12.12s: ", "nullvalue");
-      output_c_string(p->out, p->nullValue);
-      raw_printf(p->out, "\n");
-    utf8_printf(p->out,"%12.12s: %s\n","output",
-            strlen30(p->outfile) ? p->outfile : "stdout");
-    utf8_printf(p->out,"%12.12s: ", "colseparator");
-      output_c_string(p->out, p->colSeparator);
-      raw_printf(p->out, "\n");
-    utf8_printf(p->out,"%12.12s: ", "rowseparator");
-      output_c_string(p->out, p->rowSeparator);
-      raw_printf(p->out, "\n");
+      oputf("%12.12s: %s\n","mode", modeDescr[p->mode]);
+    }
+    oputf("%12.12s: ", "nullvalue");
+    output_c_string(p->nullValue);
+    oputz("\n");
+    oputf("%12.12s: %s\n","output",
+          strlen30(p->outfile) ? p->outfile : "stdout");
+    oputf("%12.12s: ", "colseparator");
+     output_c_string(p->colSeparator);
+     oputz("\n");
+    oputf("%12.12s: ", "rowseparator");
+     output_c_string(p->rowSeparator);
+     oputz("\n");
     switch( p->statsOn ){
       case 0:  zOut = "off";     break;
       default: zOut = "on";      break;
       case 2:  zOut = "stmt";    break;
       case 3:  zOut = "vmstep";  break;
     }
-    utf8_printf(p->out, "%12.12s: %s\n","stats", zOut);
-    utf8_printf(p->out, "%12.12s: ", "width");
+    oputf("%12.12s: %s\n","stats", zOut);
+    oputf("%12.12s: ", "width");
     for (i=0;i<p->nWidth;i++) {
-      raw_printf(p->out, "%d ", p->colWidth[i]);
+      oputf("%d ", p->colWidth[i]);
     }
-    raw_printf(p->out, "\n");
-    utf8_printf(p->out, "%12.12s: %s\n", "filename",
-                p->pAuxDb->zDbFilename ? p->pAuxDb->zDbFilename : "");
+    oputz("\n");
+    oputf("%12.12s: %s\n", "filename",
+          p->pAuxDb->zDbFilename ? p->pAuxDb->zDbFilename : "");
   }else
 
   if( c=='s' && cli_strncmp(azArg[0], "stats", n)==0 ){
@@ -10859,7 +10610,7 @@ static int do_meta_command(char *zLine, ShellState *p){
     }else if( nArg==1 ){
       display_stats(p->db, p, 0);
     }else{
-      raw_printf(stderr, "Usage: .stats ?on|off|stmt|vmstep?\n");
+      eputz("Usage: .stats ?on|off|stmt|vmstep?\n");
       rc = 1;
     }
   }else
@@ -10885,7 +10636,7 @@ static int do_meta_command(char *zLine, ShellState *p){
       /* It is an historical accident that the .indexes command shows an error
       ** when called with the wrong number of arguments whereas the .tables
       ** command does not. */
-      raw_printf(stderr, "Usage: .indexes ?LIKE-PATTERN?\n");
+      eputz("Usage: .indexes ?LIKE-PATTERN?\n");
       rc = 1;
       sqlite3_finalize(pStmt);
       goto meta_command_exit;
@@ -10961,10 +10712,9 @@ static int do_meta_command(char *zLine, ShellState *p){
       for(i=0; i<nPrintRow; i++){
         for(j=i; j<nRow; j+=nPrintRow){
           char *zSp = j<nPrintRow ? "" : "  ";
-          utf8_printf(p->out, "%s%-*s", zSp, maxlen,
-                      azResult[j] ? azResult[j]:"");
+          oputf("%s%-*s", zSp, maxlen, azResult[j] ? azResult[j]:"");
         }
-        raw_printf(p->out, "\n");
+        oputz("\n");
       }
     }
 
@@ -10978,7 +10728,7 @@ static int do_meta_command(char *zLine, ShellState *p){
     output_reset(p);
     p->out = output_file_open("testcase-out.txt", 0);
     if( p->out==0 ){
-      raw_printf(stderr, "Error: cannot open 'testcase-out.txt'\n");
+      eputz("Error: cannot open 'testcase-out.txt'\n");
     }
     if( nArg>=2 ){
       sqlite3_snprintf(sizeof(p->zTestcase), p->zTestcase, "%s", azArg[1]);
@@ -11019,7 +10769,7 @@ static int do_meta_command(char *zLine, ShellState *p){
     {"seek_count",         SQLITE_TESTCTRL_SEEK_COUNT,  0, ""               },
     {"sorter_mmap",        SQLITE_TESTCTRL_SORTER_MMAP, 0, "NMAX"           },
     {"tune",               SQLITE_TESTCTRL_TUNE,        1, "ID VALUE"       },
-    {"uselongdouble",    SQLITE_TESTCTRL_USELONGDOUBLE,0,"?BOOLEAN|\"default\"?"},
+    {"uselongdouble",  SQLITE_TESTCTRL_USELONGDOUBLE,0,"?BOOLEAN|\"default\"?"},
     };
     int testctrl = -1;
     int iCtrl = -1;
@@ -11039,11 +10789,11 @@ static int do_meta_command(char *zLine, ShellState *p){
 
     /* --help lists all test-controls */
     if( cli_strcmp(zCmd,"help")==0 ){
-      utf8_printf(p->out, "Available test-controls:\n");
+      oputz("Available test-controls:\n");
       for(i=0; i<ArraySize(aCtrl); i++){
         if( aCtrl[i].unSafe && !ShellHasFlag(p,SHFLG_TestingMode) ) continue;
-        utf8_printf(p->out, "  .testctrl %s %s\n",
-                    aCtrl[i].zCtrlName, aCtrl[i].zUsage);
+        oputf("  .testctrl %s %s\n",
+              aCtrl[i].zCtrlName, aCtrl[i].zUsage);
       }
       rc = 1;
       goto meta_command_exit;
@@ -11059,16 +10809,16 @@ static int do_meta_command(char *zLine, ShellState *p){
           testctrl = aCtrl[i].ctrlCode;
           iCtrl = i;
         }else{
-          utf8_printf(stderr, "Error: ambiguous test-control: \"%s\"\n"
-                              "Use \".testctrl --help\" for help\n", zCmd);
+          eputf("Error: ambiguous test-control: \"%s\"\n"
+                "Use \".testctrl --help\" for help\n", zCmd);
           rc = 1;
           goto meta_command_exit;
         }
       }
     }
     if( testctrl<0 ){
-      utf8_printf(stderr,"Error: unknown test-control: %s\n"
-                         "Use \".testctrl --help\" for help\n", zCmd);
+      eputf("Error: unknown test-control: %s\n"
+            "Use \".testctrl --help\" for help\n", zCmd);
     }else{
       switch(testctrl){
 
@@ -11108,7 +10858,7 @@ static int do_meta_command(char *zLine, ShellState *p){
             sqlite3 *db;
             if( ii==0 && cli_strcmp(azArg[2],"random")==0 ){
               sqlite3_randomness(sizeof(ii),&ii);
-              printf("-- random seed: %d\n", ii);
+              sputf(stdout, "-- random seed: %d\n", ii);
             }
             if( nArg==3 ){
               db = 0;
@@ -11176,7 +10926,7 @@ static int do_meta_command(char *zLine, ShellState *p){
         case SQLITE_TESTCTRL_SEEK_COUNT: {
           u64 x = 0;
           rc2 = sqlite3_test_control(testctrl, p->db, &x);
-          utf8_printf(p->out, "%llu\n", x);
+          oputf("%llu\n", x);
           isOk = 3;
           break;
         }
@@ -11207,11 +10957,11 @@ static int do_meta_command(char *zLine, ShellState *p){
               int val = 0;
               rc2 = sqlite3_test_control(testctrl, -id, &val);
               if( rc2!=SQLITE_OK ) break;
-              if( id>1 ) utf8_printf(p->out, "  ");
-              utf8_printf(p->out, "%d: %d", id, val);
+              if( id>1 ) oputz("  ");
+              oputf("%d: %d", id, val);
               id++;
             }
-            if( id>1 ) utf8_printf(p->out, "\n");
+            if( id>1 ) oputz("\n");
             isOk = 3;
           }
           break;
@@ -11227,12 +10977,12 @@ static int do_meta_command(char *zLine, ShellState *p){
       }
     }
     if( isOk==0 && iCtrl>=0 ){
-      utf8_printf(p->out, "Usage: .testctrl %s %s\n", zCmd,aCtrl[iCtrl].zUsage);
+      oputf("Usage: .testctrl %s %s\n", zCmd,aCtrl[iCtrl].zUsage);
       rc = 1;
     }else if( isOk==1 ){
-      raw_printf(p->out, "%d\n", rc2);
+      oputf("%d\n", rc2);
     }else if( isOk==2 ){
-      raw_printf(p->out, "0x%08x\n", rc2);
+      oputf("0x%08x\n", rc2);
     }
   }else
 #endif /* !defined(SQLITE_UNTESTABLE) */
@@ -11246,11 +10996,11 @@ static int do_meta_command(char *zLine, ShellState *p){
     if( nArg==2 ){
       enableTimer = booleanValue(azArg[1]);
       if( enableTimer && !HAS_TIMER ){
-        raw_printf(stderr, "Error: timer not available on this system.\n");
+        eputz("Error: timer not available on this system.\n");
         enableTimer = 0;
       }
     }else{
-      raw_printf(stderr, "Usage: .timer on|off\n");
+      eputz("Usage: .timer on|off\n");
       rc = 1;
     }
   }else
@@ -11287,7 +11037,7 @@ static int do_meta_command(char *zLine, ShellState *p){
           mType |= SQLITE_TRACE_CLOSE;
         }
         else {
-          raw_printf(stderr, "Unknown option \"%s\" on \".trace\"\n", z);
+          eputf("Unknown option \"%s\" on \".trace\"\n", z);
           rc = 1;
           goto meta_command_exit;
         }
@@ -11311,7 +11061,7 @@ static int do_meta_command(char *zLine, ShellState *p){
     int lenOpt;
     char *zOpt;
     if( nArg<2 ){
-      raw_printf(stderr, "Usage: .unmodule [--allexcept] NAME ...\n");
+      eputz("Usage: .unmodule [--allexcept] NAME ...\n");
       rc = 1;
       goto meta_command_exit;
     }
@@ -11333,60 +11083,60 @@ static int do_meta_command(char *zLine, ShellState *p){
 #if SQLITE_USER_AUTHENTICATION
   if( c=='u' && cli_strncmp(azArg[0], "user", n)==0 ){
     if( nArg<2 ){
-      raw_printf(stderr, "Usage: .user SUBCOMMAND ...\n");
+      eputz("Usage: .user SUBCOMMAND ...\n");
       rc = 1;
       goto meta_command_exit;
     }
     open_db(p, 0);
     if( cli_strcmp(azArg[1],"login")==0 ){
       if( nArg!=4 ){
-        raw_printf(stderr, "Usage: .user login USER PASSWORD\n");
+        eputz("Usage: .user login USER PASSWORD\n");
         rc = 1;
         goto meta_command_exit;
       }
       rc = sqlite3_user_authenticate(p->db, azArg[2], azArg[3],
                                      strlen30(azArg[3]));
       if( rc ){
-        utf8_printf(stderr, "Authentication failed for user %s\n", azArg[2]);
+        eputf("Authentication failed for user %s\n", azArg[2]);
         rc = 1;
       }
     }else if( cli_strcmp(azArg[1],"add")==0 ){
       if( nArg!=5 ){
-        raw_printf(stderr, "Usage: .user add USER PASSWORD ISADMIN\n");
+        eputz("Usage: .user add USER PASSWORD ISADMIN\n");
         rc = 1;
         goto meta_command_exit;
       }
       rc = sqlite3_user_add(p->db, azArg[2], azArg[3], strlen30(azArg[3]),
                             booleanValue(azArg[4]));
       if( rc ){
-        raw_printf(stderr, "User-Add failed: %d\n", rc);
+        eputf("User-Add failed: %d\n", rc);
         rc = 1;
       }
     }else if( cli_strcmp(azArg[1],"edit")==0 ){
       if( nArg!=5 ){
-        raw_printf(stderr, "Usage: .user edit USER PASSWORD ISADMIN\n");
+        eputz("Usage: .user edit USER PASSWORD ISADMIN\n");
         rc = 1;
         goto meta_command_exit;
       }
       rc = sqlite3_user_change(p->db, azArg[2], azArg[3], strlen30(azArg[3]),
                               booleanValue(azArg[4]));
       if( rc ){
-        raw_printf(stderr, "User-Edit failed: %d\n", rc);
+        eputf("User-Edit failed: %d\n", rc);
         rc = 1;
       }
     }else if( cli_strcmp(azArg[1],"delete")==0 ){
       if( nArg!=3 ){
-        raw_printf(stderr, "Usage: .user delete USER\n");
+        eputz("Usage: .user delete USER\n");
         rc = 1;
         goto meta_command_exit;
       }
       rc = sqlite3_user_delete(p->db, azArg[2]);
       if( rc ){
-        raw_printf(stderr, "User-Delete failed: %d\n", rc);
+        eputf("User-Delete failed: %d\n", rc);
         rc = 1;
       }
     }else{
-      raw_printf(stderr, "Usage: .user login|add|edit|delete ...\n");
+      eputz("Usage: .user login|add|edit|delete ...\n");
       rc = 1;
       goto meta_command_exit;
     }
@@ -11395,21 +11145,21 @@ static int do_meta_command(char *zLine, ShellState *p){
 
   if( c=='v' && cli_strncmp(azArg[0], "version", n)==0 ){
     char *zPtrSz = sizeof(void*)==8 ? "64-bit" : "32-bit";
-    utf8_printf(p->out, "SQLite %s %s\n" /*extra-version-info*/,
-        sqlite3_libversion(), sqlite3_sourceid());
+    oputf("SQLite %s %s\n" /*extra-version-info*/,
+          sqlite3_libversion(), sqlite3_sourceid());
 #if SQLITE_HAVE_ZLIB
-    utf8_printf(p->out, "zlib version %s\n", zlibVersion());
+    oputf("zlib version %s\n", zlibVersion());
 #endif
 #define CTIMEOPT_VAL_(opt) #opt
 #define CTIMEOPT_VAL(opt) CTIMEOPT_VAL_(opt)
 #if defined(__clang__) && defined(__clang_major__)
-    utf8_printf(p->out, "clang-" CTIMEOPT_VAL(__clang_major__) "."
-                    CTIMEOPT_VAL(__clang_minor__) "."
-                    CTIMEOPT_VAL(__clang_patchlevel__) " (%s)\n", zPtrSz);
+    oputf("clang-" CTIMEOPT_VAL(__clang_major__) "."
+          CTIMEOPT_VAL(__clang_minor__) "."
+          CTIMEOPT_VAL(__clang_patchlevel__) " (%s)\n", zPtrSz);
 #elif defined(_MSC_VER)
-    utf8_printf(p->out, "msvc-" CTIMEOPT_VAL(_MSC_VER) " (%s)\n", zPtrSz);
+    oputf("msvc-" CTIMEOPT_VAL(_MSC_VER) " (%s)\n", zPtrSz);
 #elif defined(__GNUC__) && defined(__VERSION__)
-    utf8_printf(p->out, "gcc-" __VERSION__ " (%s)\n", zPtrSz);
+    oputf("gcc-" __VERSION__ " (%s)\n", zPtrSz);
 #endif
   }else
 
@@ -11419,10 +11169,10 @@ static int do_meta_command(char *zLine, ShellState *p){
     if( p->db ){
       sqlite3_file_control(p->db, zDbName, SQLITE_FCNTL_VFS_POINTER, &pVfs);
       if( pVfs ){
-        utf8_printf(p->out, "vfs.zName      = \"%s\"\n", pVfs->zName);
-        raw_printf(p->out, "vfs.iVersion   = %d\n", pVfs->iVersion);
-        raw_printf(p->out, "vfs.szOsFile   = %d\n", pVfs->szOsFile);
-        raw_printf(p->out, "vfs.mxPathname = %d\n", pVfs->mxPathname);
+        oputf("vfs.zName      = \"%s\"\n", pVfs->zName);
+        oputf("vfs.iVersion   = %d\n", pVfs->iVersion);
+        oputf("vfs.szOsFile   = %d\n", pVfs->szOsFile);
+        oputf("vfs.mxPathname = %d\n", pVfs->mxPathname);
       }
     }
   }else
@@ -11434,13 +11184,13 @@ static int do_meta_command(char *zLine, ShellState *p){
       sqlite3_file_control(p->db, "main", SQLITE_FCNTL_VFS_POINTER, &pCurrent);
     }
     for(pVfs=sqlite3_vfs_find(0); pVfs; pVfs=pVfs->pNext){
-      utf8_printf(p->out, "vfs.zName      = \"%s\"%s\n", pVfs->zName,
-           pVfs==pCurrent ? "  <--- CURRENT" : "");
-      raw_printf(p->out, "vfs.iVersion   = %d\n", pVfs->iVersion);
-      raw_printf(p->out, "vfs.szOsFile   = %d\n", pVfs->szOsFile);
-      raw_printf(p->out, "vfs.mxPathname = %d\n", pVfs->mxPathname);
+      oputf("vfs.zName      = \"%s\"%s\n", pVfs->zName,
+            pVfs==pCurrent ? "  <--- CURRENT" : "");
+      oputf("vfs.iVersion   = %d\n", pVfs->iVersion);
+      oputf("vfs.szOsFile   = %d\n", pVfs->szOsFile);
+      oputf("vfs.mxPathname = %d\n", pVfs->mxPathname);
       if( pVfs->pNext ){
-        raw_printf(p->out, "-----------------------------------\n");
+        oputz("-----------------------------------\n");
       }
     }
   }else
@@ -11451,7 +11201,7 @@ static int do_meta_command(char *zLine, ShellState *p){
     if( p->db ){
       sqlite3_file_control(p->db, zDbName, SQLITE_FCNTL_VFSNAME, &zVfsName);
       if( zVfsName ){
-        utf8_printf(p->out, "%s\n", zVfsName);
+        oputf("%s\n", zVfsName);
         sqlite3_free(zVfsName);
       }
     }
@@ -11475,8 +11225,8 @@ static int do_meta_command(char *zLine, ShellState *p){
   }else
 
   {
-    utf8_printf(stderr, "Error: unknown command or invalid arguments: "
-      " \"%s\". Enter \".help\" for help\n", azArg[0]);
+    eputf("Error: unknown command or invalid arguments: "
+          " \"%s\". Enter \".help\" for help\n", azArg[0]);
     rc = 1;
   }
 
@@ -11666,7 +11416,7 @@ static int runOneSqlLine(ShellState *p, char *zSql, FILE *in, int startline){
     }else{
       sqlite3_snprintf(sizeof(zPrefix), zPrefix, "%s:", zErrorType);
     }
-    utf8_printf(stderr, "%s %s\n", zPrefix, zErrorTail);
+    eputf("%s %s\n", zPrefix, zErrorTail);
     sqlite3_free(zErrMsg);
     zErrMsg = 0;
     return 1;
@@ -11675,13 +11425,13 @@ static int runOneSqlLine(ShellState *p, char *zSql, FILE *in, int startline){
     sqlite3_snprintf(sizeof(zLineBuf), zLineBuf,
             "changes: %lld   total_changes: %lld",
             sqlite3_changes64(p->db), sqlite3_total_changes64(p->db));
-    raw_printf(p->out, "%s\n", zLineBuf);
+    oputf("%s\n", zLineBuf);
   }
   return 0;
 }
 
 static void echo_group_input(ShellState *p, const char *zDo){
-  if( ShellHasFlag(p, SHFLG_Echo) ) utf8_printf(p->out, "%s\n", zDo);
+  if( ShellHasFlag(p, SHFLG_Echo) ) oputf("%s\n", zDo);
 }
 
 #ifdef SQLITE_SHELL_FIDDLE
@@ -11739,8 +11489,8 @@ static int process_input(ShellState *p){
 
   if( p->inputNesting==MAX_INPUT_NESTING ){
     /* This will be more informative in a later version. */
-    utf8_printf(stderr,"Input nesting limit (%d) reached at line %d."
-                " Check recursion.\n", MAX_INPUT_NESTING, p->lineno);
+    eputf("Input nesting limit (%d) reached at line %d."
+          " Check recursion.\n", MAX_INPUT_NESTING, p->lineno);
     return 1;
   }
   ++p->inputNesting;
@@ -11751,7 +11501,7 @@ static int process_input(ShellState *p){
     zLine = one_input_line(p->in, zLine, nSql>0);
     if( zLine==0 ){
       /* End of input */
-      if( p->in==0 && stdin_is_interactive ) printf("\n");
+      if( p->in==0 && stdin_is_interactive ) oputz("\n");
       break;
     }
     if( seenInterrupt ){
@@ -11961,8 +11711,8 @@ static void process_sqliterc(
   if( sqliterc == NULL ){
     home_dir = find_home_dir(0);
     if( home_dir==0 ){
-      raw_printf(stderr, "-- warning: cannot find home directory;"
-                      " cannot read ~/.sqliterc\n");
+      eputz("-- warning: cannot find home directory;"
+            " cannot read ~/.sqliterc\n");
       return;
     }
     zBuf = sqlite3_mprintf("%s/.sqliterc",home_dir);
@@ -11972,12 +11722,12 @@ static void process_sqliterc(
   p->in = fopen(sqliterc,"rb");
   if( p->in ){
     if( stdin_is_interactive ){
-      utf8_printf(stderr,"-- Loading resources from %s\n",sqliterc);
+      eputf("-- Loading resources from %s\n", sqliterc);
     }
     if( process_input(p) && bail_on_error ) exit(1);
     fclose(p->in);
   }else if( sqliterc_override!=0 ){
-    utf8_printf(stderr,"cannot open: \"%s\"\n", sqliterc);
+    eputf("cannot open: \"%s\"\n", sqliterc);
     if( bail_on_error ) exit(1);
   }
   p->in = inSaved;
@@ -12027,9 +11777,6 @@ static const char zOptions[] =
   "   -multiplex           enable the multiplexor VFS\n"
 #endif
   "   -newline SEP         set output row separator. Default: '\\n'\n"
-#if SHELL_WIN_UTF8_OPT
-  "   -no-utf8             do not try to set up UTF-8 output (for legacy)\n"
-#endif
   "   -nofollow            refuse to open symbolic links to database files\n"
   "   -nonce STRING        set the safe-mode escape nonce\n"
   "   -nullvalue TEXT      set text string for NULL values. Default ''\n"
@@ -12046,9 +11793,6 @@ static const char zOptions[] =
   "   -table               set output mode to 'table'\n"
   "   -tabs                set output mode to 'tabs'\n"
   "   -unsafe-testing      allow unsafe commands and modes for testing\n"
-#if SHELL_WIN_UTF8_OPT && 0 /* Option is accepted, but is now the default. */
-  "   -utf8                setup interactive console code page for UTF-8\n"
-#endif
   "   -version             show SQLite version\n"
   "   -vfs NAME            use NAME as the default VFS\n"
 #ifdef SQLITE_ENABLE_VFSTRACE
@@ -12059,14 +11803,13 @@ static const char zOptions[] =
 #endif
 ;
 static void usage(int showDetail){
-  utf8_printf(stderr,
-      "Usage: %s [OPTIONS] [FILENAME [SQL]]\n"
-      "FILENAME is the name of an SQLite database. A new database is created\n"
-      "if the file does not previously exist. Defaults to :memory:.\n", Argv0);
+  eputf("Usage: %s [OPTIONS] [FILENAME [SQL]]\n"
+       "FILENAME is the name of an SQLite database. A new database is created\n"
+       "if the file does not previously exist. Defaults to :memory:.\n", Argv0);
   if( showDetail ){
-    utf8_printf(stderr, "OPTIONS include:\n%s", zOptions);
+    eputf("OPTIONS include:\n%s", zOptions);
   }else{
-    raw_printf(stderr, "Use the -help option for additional information\n");
+    eputz("Use the -help option for additional information\n");
   }
   exit(1);
 }
@@ -12077,8 +11820,8 @@ static void usage(int showDetail){
 */
 static void verify_uninitialized(void){
   if( sqlite3_config(-1)==SQLITE_MISUSE ){
-    utf8_printf(stdout, "WARNING: attempt to configure SQLite after"
-                        " initialization.\n");
+    sputz(stdout, "WARNING: attempt to configure SQLite after"
+          " initialization.\n");
   }
 }
 
@@ -12107,7 +11850,7 @@ static void main_init(ShellState *data) {
 /*
 ** Output text to the console in a font that attracts extra attention.
 */
-#ifdef _WIN32
+#if defined(_WIN32) || defined(WIN32)
 static void printBold(const char *zText){
 #if !SQLITE_OS_WINRT
   HANDLE out = GetStdHandle(STD_OUTPUT_HANDLE);
@@ -12117,14 +11860,14 @@ static void printBold(const char *zText){
          FOREGROUND_RED|FOREGROUND_INTENSITY
   );
 #endif
-  printf("%s", zText);
+  oputz(zText);
 #if !SQLITE_OS_WINRT
   SetConsoleTextAttribute(out, defaultScreenInfo.wAttributes);
 #endif
 }
 #else
 static void printBold(const char *zText){
-  printf("\033[1m%s\033[0m", zText);
+  oputf("\033[1m%s\033[0m", zText);
 }
 #endif
 
@@ -12134,15 +11877,14 @@ static void printBold(const char *zText){
 */
 static char *cmdline_option_value(int argc, char **argv, int i){
   if( i==argc ){
-    utf8_printf(stderr, "%s: Error: missing argument to %s\n",
-            argv[0], argv[argc-1]);
+    eputf("%s: Error: missing argument to %s\n", argv[0], argv[argc-1]);
     exit(1);
   }
   return argv[i];
 }
 
 static void sayAbnormalExit(void){
-  if( seenInterrupt ) fprintf(stderr, "Program interrupted.\n");
+  if( seenInterrupt ) eputz("Program interrupted.\n");
 }
 
 #ifndef SQLITE_SHELL_IS_UTF8
@@ -12172,6 +11914,7 @@ int SQLITE_CDECL wmain(int argc, wchar_t **wargv){
 #  define data shellState
 #else
   ShellState data;
+  StreamsAreConsole consStreams = SAC_NoConsole;
 #endif
   const char *zInitFile = 0;
   int i;
@@ -12193,12 +11936,10 @@ int SQLITE_CDECL wmain(int argc, wchar_t **wargv){
   stdout_is_console = 1;
   data.wasm.zDefaultDbName = "/fiddle.sqlite3";
 #else
-  stdin_is_interactive = isatty(0);
-  stdout_is_console = isatty(1);
-#endif
-#if SHELL_WIN_UTF8_OPT
-  probe_console(); /* Check for console I/O and UTF-8 capability. */
-  if( !mbcs_opted ) atexit(console_restore);
+  consStreams = consoleClassifySetup(stdin, stdout, stderr);
+  stdin_is_interactive = (consStreams & SAC_InConsole)!=0;
+  stdout_is_console = (consStreams & SAC_OutConsole)!=0;
+  atexit(consoleRestore);
 #endif
   atexit(sayAbnormalExit);
 #ifdef SQLITE_DEBUG
@@ -12207,9 +11948,8 @@ int SQLITE_CDECL wmain(int argc, wchar_t **wargv){
 #if !defined(_WIN32_WCE)
   if( getenv("SQLITE_DEBUG_BREAK") ){
     if( isatty(0) && isatty(2) ){
-      fprintf(stderr,
-          "attach debugger to process %d and press any key to continue.\n",
-          GETPID());
+      eputf("attach debugger to process %d and press any key to continue.\n",
+            GETPID());
       fgetc(stdin);
     }else{
 #if defined(_WIN32) || defined(WIN32)
@@ -12229,14 +11969,14 @@ int SQLITE_CDECL wmain(int argc, wchar_t **wargv){
   signal(SIGINT, interrupt_handler);
 #elif (defined(_WIN32) || defined(WIN32)) && !defined(_WIN32_WCE)
   if( !SetConsoleCtrlHandler(ConsoleCtrlHandler, TRUE) ){
-    fprintf(stderr, "No ^C handler.\n");
+    eputz("No ^C handler.\n");
   }
 #endif
 
 #if USE_SYSTEM_SQLITE+0!=1
   if( cli_strncmp(sqlite3_sourceid(),SQLITE_SOURCE_ID,60)!=0 ){
-    utf8_printf(stderr, "SQLite header and source version mismatch\n%s\n%s\n",
-            sqlite3_sourceid(), SQLITE_SOURCE_ID);
+    eputf("SQLite header and source version mismatch\n%s\n%s\n",
+          sqlite3_sourceid(), SQLITE_SOURCE_ID);
     exit(1);
   }
 #endif
@@ -12332,14 +12072,7 @@ int SQLITE_CDECL wmain(int argc, wchar_t **wargv){
       */
       stdin_is_interactive = 0;
     }else if( cli_strcmp(z,"-utf8")==0 ){
-#if SHELL_WIN_UTF8_OPT
-      /* Option accepted, but is ignored except for this diagnostic. */
-      if( mbcs_opted ) fprintf(stderr, "Cannot do UTF-8 at this console.\n");
-#endif /* SHELL_WIN_UTF8_OPT */
     }else if( cli_strcmp(z,"-no-utf8")==0 ){
-#if SHELL_WIN_UTF8_OPT
-      mbcs_opted = 1;
-#endif /* SHELL_WIN_UTF8_OPT */
     }else if( cli_strcmp(z,"-heap")==0 ){
 #if defined(SQLITE_ENABLE_MEMSYS3) || defined(SQLITE_ENABLE_MEMSYS5)
       const char *zSize;
@@ -12474,26 +12207,17 @@ int SQLITE_CDECL wmain(int argc, wchar_t **wargv){
     if( pVfs ){
       sqlite3_vfs_register(pVfs, 1);
     }else{
-      utf8_printf(stderr, "no such VFS: \"%s\"\n", zVfs);
+      eputf("no such VFS: \"%s\"\n", zVfs);
       exit(1);
     }
   }
-#if SHELL_WIN_UTF8_OPT
-  /* Get indicated Windows console setup done before running invocation commands. */
-  if( in_console || out_console ){
-    console_prepare_utf8();
-  }
-  if( !in_console ){
-    setBinaryMode(stdin, 0);
-  }
-#endif
 
   if( data.pAuxDb->zDbFilename==0 ){
 #ifndef SQLITE_OMIT_MEMORYDB
     data.pAuxDb->zDbFilename = ":memory:";
     warnInmemoryDb = argc==1;
 #else
-    utf8_printf(stderr,"%s: Error: no database filename specified\n", Argv0);
+    eputf("%s: Error: no database filename specified\n", Argv0);
     return 1;
 #endif
   }
@@ -12610,8 +12334,8 @@ int SQLITE_CDECL wmain(int argc, wchar_t **wargv){
     }else if( cli_strcmp(z,"-bail")==0 ){
       /* No-op.  The bail_on_error flag should already be set. */
     }else if( cli_strcmp(z,"-version")==0 ){
-      printf("%s %s (%d-bit)\n", sqlite3_libversion(), sqlite3_sourceid(),
-             8*(int)sizeof(char*));
+      oputf("%s %s (%d-bit)\n", sqlite3_libversion(), sqlite3_sourceid(),
+            8*(int)sizeof(char*));
       return 0;
     }else if( cli_strcmp(z,"-interactive")==0 ){
       /* already handled */
@@ -12667,18 +12391,18 @@ int SQLITE_CDECL wmain(int argc, wchar_t **wargv){
         open_db(&data, 0);
         rc = shell_exec(&data, z, &zErrMsg);
         if( zErrMsg!=0 ){
-          utf8_printf(stderr,"Error: %s\n", zErrMsg);
+          eputf("Error: %s\n", zErrMsg);
           if( bail_on_error ) return rc!=0 ? rc : 1;
         }else if( rc!=0 ){
-          utf8_printf(stderr,"Error: unable to process SQL \"%s\"\n", z);
+          eputf("Error: unable to process SQL \"%s\"\n", z);
           if( bail_on_error ) return rc;
         }
       }
 #if !defined(SQLITE_OMIT_VIRTUALTABLE) && defined(SQLITE_HAVE_ZLIB)
     }else if( cli_strncmp(z, "-A", 2)==0 ){
       if( nCmd>0 ){
-        utf8_printf(stderr, "Error: cannot mix regular SQL or dot-commands"
-                            " with \"%s\"\n", z);
+        eputf("Error: cannot mix regular SQL or dot-commands"
+              " with \"%s\"\n", z);
         return 1;
       }
       open_db(&data, OPEN_DB_ZIPFILE);
@@ -12696,8 +12420,8 @@ int SQLITE_CDECL wmain(int argc, wchar_t **wargv){
     }else if( cli_strcmp(z,"-unsafe-testing")==0 ){
       /* Acted upon in first pass. */
     }else{
-      utf8_printf(stderr,"%s: Error: unknown option: %s\n", Argv0, z);
-      raw_printf(stderr,"Use -help for a list of options.\n");
+      eputf("%s: Error: unknown option: %s\n", Argv0, z);
+      eputz("Use -help for a list of options.\n");
       return 1;
     }
     data.cMode = data.mode;
@@ -12721,9 +12445,9 @@ int SQLITE_CDECL wmain(int argc, wchar_t **wargv){
         rc = shell_exec(&data, azCmd[i], &zErrMsg);
         if( zErrMsg || rc ){
           if( zErrMsg!=0 ){
-            utf8_printf(stderr,"Error: %s\n", zErrMsg);
+            eputf("Error: %s\n", zErrMsg);
           }else{
-            utf8_printf(stderr,"Error: unable to process SQL: %s\n", azCmd[i]);
+            eputf("Error: unable to process SQL: %s\n", azCmd[i]);
           }
           sqlite3_free(zErrMsg);
           free(azCmd);
@@ -12737,26 +12461,20 @@ int SQLITE_CDECL wmain(int argc, wchar_t **wargv){
     if( stdin_is_interactive ){
       char *zHome;
       char *zHistory;
-      const char *zCharset = "";
       int nHistory;
-#if SHELL_WIN_UTF8_OPT
-      switch( console_utf8_in+2*console_utf8_out ){
-      default: case 0: break;
-      case 1: zCharset = " (utf8 in)"; break;
-      case 2: zCharset = " (utf8 out)"; break;
-      case 3: zCharset = " (utf8 I/O)"; break;
-      }
-#endif
-      printf(
-        "SQLite version %s %.19s%s\n" /*extra-version-info*/
-        "Enter \".help\" for usage hints.\n",
-        sqlite3_libversion(), sqlite3_sourceid(), zCharset
-      );
+#if CIO_WIN_WC_XLATE
+# define SHELL_CIO_CHAR_SET (stdout_is_console? " (UTF-16 console I/O)" : "")
+#else
+# define SHELL_CIO_CHAR_SET ""
+#endif
+      oputf("SQLite version %s %.19s%s\n" /*extra-version-info*/
+            "Enter \".help\" for usage hints.\n",
+            sqlite3_libversion(), sqlite3_sourceid(), SHELL_CIO_CHAR_SET);
       if( warnInmemoryDb ){
-        printf("Connected to a ");
+        oputz("Connected to a ");
         printBold("transient in-memory database");
-        printf(".\nUse \".open FILENAME\" to reopen on a "
-               "persistent database.\n");
+        oputz(".\nUse \".open FILENAME\" to reopen on a"
+              " persistent database.\n");
       }
       zHistory = getenv("SQLITE_HISTORY");
       if( zHistory ){
@@ -12816,8 +12534,8 @@ int SQLITE_CDECL wmain(int argc, wchar_t **wargv){
   memset(&data, 0, sizeof(data));
 #ifdef SQLITE_DEBUG
   if( sqlite3_memory_used()>mem_main_enter ){
-    utf8_printf(stderr, "Memory leaked: %u bytes\n",
-                (unsigned int)(sqlite3_memory_used()-mem_main_enter));
+    eputf("Memory leaked: %u bytes\n",
+          (unsigned int)(sqlite3_memory_used()-mem_main_enter));
   }
 #endif
 #endif /* !SQLITE_SHELL_FIDDLE */