Oracle 5.0 Reference Manual page 299

mysql> SHOW BINARY LOGS;
+---------------+-----------+
| Log_name
+---------------+-----------+
| binlog.000015 |
| binlog.000016 |
+---------------+-----------+
The search string can contain the the wildcard characters "%" and "_". These have the same meaning
as for pattern-matching operations performed with the
returns a list of topics that begin with rep:
%
mysql> HELP rep%
Many help items for your request exist.
To make a more specific request, please type 'help <item>',
where <item> is one of the following
topics:
REPAIR TABLE
REPEAT FUNCTION
REPEAT LOOP
REPLACE
REPLACE FUNCTION
4.5.1.5. Executing SQL Statements from a Text File
The client typically is used interactively, like this:
mysql
shell> mysql db_name
However, it is also possible to put your SQL statements in a file and then tell
from that file. To do so, create a text file
Then invoke
shell> mysql db_name < text_file
If you place a
database name on the command line:
shell> mysql < text_file
If you are already running mysql, you can execute an SQL script file using the
command:
\.
mysql> source file_name
mysql> \. file_name
Sometimes you may want your script to display progress information to the user. For this you can insert
statements like this:
SELECT '<info_to_display>' AS ' ';
The statement shown outputs <info_to_display>.
You can also invoke
displayed before the result that it produces.
As of MySQL 5.0.54,
input files. Previously, it read them and sent them to the server, resulting in a syntax error. Presence
of a BOM does not cause
option such as
For more information about batch mode, see
— The MySQL Command-Line Tool
mysql
| File_size |
724935 |
733481 |
as shown here:
mysql
statement as the first statement in the file, it is unnecessary to specify the
USE db_name
with the
mysql
ignores Unicode byte order mark (BOM) characters at the beginning of
mysql
to change its default character set. To do that, invoke
mysql
--default-character-set=utf8
LIKE
that contains the statements you wish to execute.
text_file
[270] option, which causes each statement to be
--verbose
[266].
Section 3.5, "Using
279
[896] operator. For example,
mysql
source
in Batch Mode".
mysql
HELP rep
to read its input
command or
with an
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