There's a shell client built in too which is handy.
java -cp h2*.jar org.h2.tools.Shell
http://opensource-soa.blogspot.com.au/2009/03/how-to-use-h2-shell.html
$ java -cp h2.jar org.h2.tools.Shell -help
Interactive command line tool to access a database using JDBC.
Usage: java org.h2.tools.Shell
Options are case sensitive. Supported options are:
[-help] or [-?] Print the list of options
[-url ""] The database URL (jdbc:h2:...)
[-user ] The user name
[-password ] The password
[-driver ] The JDBC driver class to use (not required in most cases)
[-sql ""] Execute the SQL statements and exit
[-properties ""] Load the server properties from this directory
If special characters don't work as expected, you may need to use
-Dfile.encoding=UTF-8 (Mac OS X) or CP850 (Windows).
See also http://h2database.com/javadoc/org/h2/tools/Shell.html