redhat man page for mysql

MYSQL(1)						      General Commands Manual							  MYSQL(1)

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  interac-
	      tively.

       -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).

								   13 June 1997 							  MYSQL(1)