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).