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diff --git a/client/mysqlshow.c b/client/mysqlshow.c
index 15f791ca8fb..370efe83f10 100644
--- a/client/mysqlshow.c
+++ b/client/mysqlshow.c
@@ -160,17 +160,17 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
static struct my_option my_long_options[] =
{
#ifdef __NETWARE__
- {"autoclose", OPT_AUTO_CLOSE, "Auto close the screen on exit for Netware.",
+ {"autoclose", OPT_AUTO_CLOSE, "Automatically close the screen on exit for Netware.",
0, 0, 0, GET_NO_ARG, NO_ARG, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0},
#endif
- {"character-sets-dir", 'c', "Directory where character sets are.",
+ {"character-sets-dir", 'c', "Directory for character set files.",
(uchar**) &charsets_dir, (uchar**) &charsets_dir, 0, GET_STR, REQUIRED_ARG, 0,
0, 0, 0, 0, 0},
{"default-character-set", OPT_DEFAULT_CHARSET,
"Set the default character set.", (uchar**) &default_charset,
(uchar**) &default_charset, 0, GET_STR, REQUIRED_ARG, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0},
{"count", OPT_COUNT,
- "Show number of rows per table (may be slow for not MyISAM tables)",
+ "Show number of rows per table (may be slow for non-MyISAM tables).",
(uchar**) &opt_count, (uchar**) &opt_count, 0, GET_BOOL, NO_ARG, 0, 0, 0,
0, 0, 0},
{"compress", 'C', "Use compression in server/client protocol.",
@@ -194,7 +194,8 @@ static struct my_option my_long_options[] =
{"keys", 'k', "Show keys for table.", (uchar**) &opt_show_keys,
(uchar**) &opt_show_keys, 0, GET_BOOL, NO_ARG, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0},
{"password", 'p',
- "Password to use when connecting to server. If password is not given it's asked from the tty.",
+ "Password to use when connecting to server. If password is not given, it's "
+ "solicited on the tty.",
0, 0, 0, GET_STR, OPT_ARG, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0},
{"port", 'P', "Port number to use for connection or 0 for default to, in "
"order of preference, my.cnf, $MYSQL_TCP_PORT, "
@@ -209,7 +210,8 @@ static struct my_option my_long_options[] =
{"pipe", 'W', "Use named pipes to connect to server.", 0, 0, 0, GET_NO_ARG,
NO_ARG, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0},
#endif
- {"protocol", OPT_MYSQL_PROTOCOL, "The protocol of connection (tcp,socket,pipe,memory).",
+ {"protocol", OPT_MYSQL_PROTOCOL,
+ "The protocol to use for connection (tcp, socket, pipe, memory).",
0, 0, 0, GET_STR, REQUIRED_ARG, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0},
#ifdef HAVE_SMEM
{"shared-memory-base-name", OPT_SHARED_MEMORY_BASE_NAME,
@@ -219,7 +221,7 @@ static struct my_option my_long_options[] =
{"show-table-type", 't', "Show table type column.",
(uchar**) &opt_table_type, (uchar**) &opt_table_type, 0, GET_BOOL,
NO_ARG, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0},
- {"socket", 'S', "Socket file to use for connection.",
+ {"socket", 'S', "The socket file to use for connection.",
(uchar**) &opt_mysql_unix_port, (uchar**) &opt_mysql_unix_port, 0, GET_STR,
REQUIRED_ARG, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0},
#include <sslopt-longopts.h>
@@ -228,7 +230,8 @@ static struct my_option my_long_options[] =
(uchar**) &user, 0, GET_STR, REQUIRED_ARG, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0},
#endif
{"verbose", 'v',
- "More verbose output; You can use this multiple times to get even more verbose output.",
+ "More verbose output; you can use this multiple times to get even more "
+ "verbose output.",
0, 0, 0, GET_NO_ARG, NO_ARG, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0},
{"version", 'V', "Output version information and exit.", 0, 0, 0, GET_NO_ARG,
NO_ARG, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0},
@@ -250,16 +253,16 @@ static void usage(void)
{
print_version();
puts("Copyright 2000-2008 MySQL AB, 2008 Sun Microsystems, Inc.");
- puts("This software comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY. This is free software,\nand you are welcome to modify and redistribute it under the GPL license\n");
- puts("Shows the structure of a mysql database (databases,tables and columns)\n");
+ puts("This software comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY. This is free software,\nand you are welcome to modify and redistribute it under the GPL license.\n");
+ puts("Shows the structure of a MySQL database (databases, tables, and columns).\n");
printf("Usage: %s [OPTIONS] [database [table [column]]]\n",my_progname);
puts("\n\
If last argument contains a shell or SQL wildcard (*,?,% or _) then only\n\
what\'s matched by the wildcard is shown.\n\
If no database is given then all matching databases are shown.\n\
-If no table is given then all matching tables in database are shown\n\
-If no column is given then all matching columns and columntypes in table\n\
-are shown");
+If no table is given, then all matching tables in database are shown.\n\
+If no column is given, then all matching columns and column types in table\n\
+are shown.");
print_defaults("my",load_default_groups);
my_print_help(my_long_options);
my_print_variables(my_long_options);