.TH mysql 1 "19 December 2000" "MySQL @MYSQL_BASE_VERSION@" "MySQL database"
.SH NAME
mysql \- text-based client for mysqld, a SQL-based relational database daemon
.SH USAGE
mysql [OPTIONS] [Database]
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B mysql
.RB [ \-B | \-\-batch ]
.RB [ \-# | \-\-debug=
.IR logfile ]
.RB [ \-T | \-\-debug-info ]
.RB [ \-e | \-\-exec=
.IR command ]
.RB [ \-f | \-\-force ]
.RB [ \-? | \-\-help ]
.RB [ \-h | \-\-host=
.IR hostname ]
.RB [ \-n | \-\-unbuffered ]
.RB [ \-p[pwd] ]
.RI [ \-\-password=[pwd] ]
.RB [ \-P | \-\-port=
.IR pnum ]
.RB [ \-q | \-\-quick ]
.RB [ \-r | \-\-raw ]
.RB [ \-s | \-\-silent ]
.RB [ \-S | \-\-socket=
.IR snum ]
.RB [ \-u | \-\-user=
.IR uname ]
.RB [ \-v | \-\-verbose ]
.RB [ \-V | \-\-version ]
.RB [ \-w | \-\-wait ]
.SH DESCRIPTION
The
.IR mysql
program provides a curses-based interface to the SQL-based database
server daemon,
.IR mysqld (1).
Full fuller documentation, refer to the HTML documents installed with
the package.
.SH OPTIONS
.TP
.BR \-B | \-\-batch
Print results with a tab as separator,
each row on a new line.
.TP
\fB\-#\fP|\fB\-\-debug=\fP\fIlogfile\fP
Employ the specified debug log.
.TP
.BR \-T | \-\-debug-info
Print debug information upon exiting.
.TP
\fB\-e | \-\-exec=\fP\fPcommand\fP
Execute the specified command and quit
.BR ( \-\-batch
is implicit).
.TP
.BR \-f | \-\-force
Continue even if the face of a SQL error.
.TP
.BR \-? | \-\-help
Display a help message and exit.
.TP
\fB\-h\fP|\fP\-\-host=\fP\fIhostname\fP
Connect to the specified host.
.TP
.BR \-n | \-\-unbuffered
Flush the buffer after each query.
.TP
\fB\-p\fP|\fB\-\-password\fP[\fB=\fP\fIpwd\fP]
Employ the specified password when connecting to the database server.
If a password is not supplied, it will be requested interactively.
.TP
\fB\-P\fR|\fB\-\-port=\fP\fIpnum\fP
Employ the specified port number for connecting to the database server.
.TP
.BR \-q | \-\-quick
Do not cache the result; print it row by row.
This may slow down the server if the output is suspended.
.TP
.BR \-r | \-\-raw
Write fields without conversion.
(used with
.BR \-\-batch ).
.TP
.BR \-s | \-\-silent
Silent mode: reduce the amount of output.
.TP
\fB\-S\fP|\fB\-\-socket=\fP\fIsnum\fP
Employ the specified socket file for connecting to the database server.
.TP
\fB\-u\fP|\fB\-\-user=\fP\fIuname\fP
Employ the specified user name for logging in to the server.
.TP
.BR \-v | \-\-verbose
Verbose mode: write more
Specifying this option
.I twice
produces a tabular output format.
.TP
.BR \-V | \-\-version
Print the
.I mysql
version number and exit.
.TP
.BR \-w | \-\-wait
Wait and retry if the database server connection is down.
.SH FILES
.TP 2.2i
.I @sysconfdir@/my.cnf
MySQL configuration file
.TP
.I @bindir@/mysql
Client executable
.TP
.I @libexecdir@/mysqld
Server executable
.TP
.I @bindir@/mysqld_safe
executable shell script for starting mysqld safely
.TP
.I @localstatedir@
location of database files
.SH EXAMPLE
You can also read a backup dump file back into MySQL with: 
.TP
.BR mysql 
\fP\fIdatabase\fP 
.BR < 
backup-file.sql
.SH "SEE ALSO"
isamchk(1),
isamlog(1),
mysqlaccess(1),
mysqladmin(1),
mysqld(1),
mysqld_multi(1),
mysqld_safe(1),
mysqldump(1),
mysql_fix_privilege_tables(1),
mysqlshow(1),
mysql_zap(1),
perror(1),
replace(1)
.P
For more information please refer to the MySQL reference
manual, which may already be installed locally and which
is also available online at http://www.mysql.com/doc/en/
.SH BUGS
Please refer to http://bugs.mysql.com/ to report bugs.
.SH AUTHOR
Ver 6.3, distribution @MYSQL_NO_DASH_VERSION@
Michael (Monty) Widenius (monty@mysql.com),
MySQL AB (http://www.mysql.com/)
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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