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mysql

Section: User Commands (1)
Updated: 19 December 2000
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L 3.23" "MySQL database"  

NAME

mysql - text-based client for mysqld, a SQL-based relational database daemon  

SYNOPSIS

mysql [-B|--batch] [-#|--debug= logfile] [-T|--debug-info] [-e|--exec= command] [-f|--force] [-?|--help] [-h|--host= hostname] [-n|--unbuffered] [-p[pwd]] [--password=[pwd]] [-P|--port= pnum] [-q|--quick] [-r|--raw] [-s|--silent] [-S|--socket= snum] [-u|--user= uname] [-v|--verbose] [-V|--version] [-w|--wait]  

DESCRIPTION

The mysql program provides a curses-based interface to the SQL-based database server daemon, mysqld(1). Full fuller documentation, refer to the HTML documents installed with the package.  

OPTIONS

-B|--batch
Print results with a tab as separator, each row on a new line.
-#|--debug=logfile
Employ the specified debug log.
-T|--debug-info
Print debug information upon exiting.
-e | --exec=command
Execute the specified command and quit (--batch is implicit).
-f|--force
Continue even if the face of a SQL error.
-?|--help
Display a help message and exit.
-h|--host=hostname
Connect to the specified host.
-n|--unbuffered
Flush the buffer after each query.
-p|--password[=pwd]
Employ the specified password when connecting to the database server. If a password is not supplied, it will be requested interactively.
-P|--port=pnum
Employ the specified port number for connecting to the database server.
-q|--quick
Do not cache the result; print it row by row. This may slow down the server if the output is suspended.
-r|--raw
Write fields without conversion. (used with --batch).
-s|--silent
Silent mode: reduce the amount of output.
-S|--socket=snum
Employ the specified socket file for connecting to the database server.
-u|--user=uname
Employ the specified user name for logging in to the server.
-v|--verbose
Verbose mode: write more Specifying this option twice produces a tabular output format.
-V|--version
Print the mysql version number and exit.
-w|--wait
Wait and retry if the database server connection is down.
 

FILES

/depot/bin/mysql
executable
/depot/bin/mysqld
executable
/depot/bin/safe_mysqld
executable shell script for starting mysqld safely
/site/var/mysql/data
location of database files
 

EXAMPLE

You can also read a backup dump file back into MySQL with:
mysql
database < backup-file.sql
 

SEE ALSO

isamchk (1), isamlog (1), mysqlaccess (1), mysqladmin (1), mysqlbug (1), mysqld (1), mysqldump (1), mysqlshow (1), msql2mysql (1), perror (1), replace (1), safe_mysqld (1), which1 (1), zap (1),  

AUTHOR

Ver 6.3, distribution 3.20.20 Michael (Monty) Widenius (monty@tcx.se), TCX Datakonsult AB (http://www.tcx.se). This software comes with no warranty. Manual page by R. P. C. Rodgers, Lister Hill National Center for Biomedical Communication, U.S. National Library of Medicine (rodgers@nlm.nih.gov).

 

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