Ubuntu Manpage: mysqlshow - display database, table, and column information

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NAME

       mysqlshow - display database, table, and column information

SYNOPSIS

       mysqlshow [options] [db_name [tbl_name [col_name]]]

DESCRIPTION

The mysqlshow client can be used to quickly see which databases exist, their tables, or a
table's columns or indexes.

mysqlshow provides a command-line interface to several SQL SHOW statements. See
Section 13.7.5, “SHOW Syntax”. The same information can be obtained by using those
statements directly. For example, you can issue them from the mysql client program.

Invoke mysqlshow like this:

shell> mysqlshow [options] [db_name [tbl_name [col_name]]]

• If no database is given, a list of database names is shown.

• If no table is given, all matching tables in the database are shown.

• If no column is given, all matching columns and column types in the table are shown.

The output displays only the names of those databases, tables, or columns for which you
have some privileges.

If the last argument contains shell or SQL wildcard characters (“*”, “?”, “%”, or “_”),
only those names that are matched by the wildcard are shown. If a database name contains
any underscores, those should be escaped with a backslash (some Unix shells require two)
to get a list of the proper tables or columns. “*” and “?” characters are converted into
SQL “%” and “_” wildcard characters. This might cause some confusion when you try to
display the columns for a table with a “_” in the name, because in this case, mysqlshow
shows you only the table names that match the pattern. This is easily fixed by adding an
extra “%” last on the command line as a separate argument.

mysqlshow supports the following options, which can be specified on the command line or in
the [mysqlshow] and [client] groups of an option file. For information about option files
used by MySQL programs, see Section 4.2.6, “Using Option Files”.

• --help, -?

Display a help message and exit.

• --bind-address=ip_address

On a computer having multiple network interfaces, use this option to select which
interface to use for connecting to the MySQL server.

This option is supported beginning with MySQL 5.6.1.

• --character-sets-dir=dir_name

The directory where character sets are installed. See Section 10.5, “Character Set
Configuration”.

• --compress, -C

Compress all information sent between the client and the server if both support
compression.

• --count

Show the number of rows per table. This can be slow for non-MyISAM tables.

• --debug[=debug_options], -# [debug_options]

Write a debugging log. A typical debug_options string is d:t:o,file_name. The default
is d:t:o.

• --debug-check

Print some debugging information when the program exits.

• --debug-info

Print debugging information and memory and CPU usage statistics when the program
exits.

• --default-character-set=charset_name

Use charset_name as the default character set. See Section 10.5, “Character Set
Configuration”.

• --default-auth=plugin

A hint about the client-side authentication plugin to use. See Section 6.3.7,
“Pluggable Authentication”.

This option was added in MySQL 5.6.2.

• --defaults-extra-file=file_name

Read this option file after the global option file but (on Unix) before the user
option file. If the file does not exist or is otherwise inaccessible, an error occurs.
file_name is interpreted relative to the current directory if given as a relative path
name rather than a full path name.

• --defaults-file=file_name

Use only the given option file. If the file does not exist or is otherwise
inaccessible, an error occurs. file_name is interpreted relative to the current
directory if given as a relative path name rather than a full path name.

• --defaults-group-suffix=str

Read not only the usual option groups, but also groups with the usual names and a
suffix of str. For example, mysqlshow normally reads the [client] and [mysqlshow]
groups. If the --defaults-group-suffix=_other option is given, mysqlshow also reads
the [client_other] and [mysqlshow_other] groups.

• --enable-cleartext-plugin

Enable the mysql_clear_password cleartext authentication plugin. (See Section 6.5.1.7,
“The Cleartext Client-Side Authentication Plugin”.)

This option was added in MySQL 5.6.28.

• --host=host_name, -h host_name

Connect to the MySQL server on the given host.

• --keys, -k

Show table indexes.

• --login-path=name

Read options from the named login path in the .mylogin.cnf login path file. A “login
path” is an option group containing options that specify which MySQL server to connect
to and which account to authenticate as. To create or modify a login path file, use
the mysql_config_editor utility. See mysql_config_editor(1). This option was added in
MySQL 5.6.6.

• --no-defaults

Do not read any option files. If program startup fails due to reading unknown options
from an option file, --no-defaults can be used to prevent them from being read.

The exception is that the .mylogin.cnf file, if it exists, is read in all cases. This
permits passwords to be specified in a safer way than on the command line even when
--no-defaults is used. (.mylogin.cnf is created by the mysql_config_editor utility.
See mysql_config_editor(1).)

• --password[=password], -p[password]

The password to use when connecting to the server. If you use the short option form
(-p), you cannot have a space between the option and the password. If you omit the
password value following the --password or -p option on the command line, mysqlshow
prompts for one.

Specifying a password on the command line should be considered insecure. See
Section 6.1.2.1, “End-User Guidelines for Password Security”. You can use an option
file to avoid giving the password on the command line.

• --pipe, -W

On Windows, connect to the server using a named pipe. This option applies only if the
server supports named-pipe connections.

• --plugin-dir=dir_name

The directory in which to look for plugins. Specify this option if the --default-auth
option is used to specify an authentication plugin but mysqlshow does not find it. See
Section 6.3.7, “Pluggable Authentication”.

This option was added in MySQL 5.6.2.

• --port=port_num, -P port_num

The TCP/IP port number to use for the connection.

• --print-defaults

Print the program name and all options that it gets from option files.

• --protocol={TCP|SOCKET|PIPE|MEMORY}

The connection protocol to use for connecting to the server. It is useful when the
other connection parameters normally would cause a protocol to be used other than the
one you want. For details on the permissible values, see Section 4.2.2, “Connecting to
the MySQL Server”.

• --secure-auth

Do not send passwords to the server in old (pre-4.1) format. This prevents connections
except for servers that use the newer password format. This option is enabled by
default; use --skip-secure-auth to disable it. This option was added in MySQL 5.6.17.

Note
Passwords that use the pre-4.1 hashing method are less secure than passwords that
use the native password hashing method and should be avoided. Pre-4.1 passwords
are deprecated and support for them will be removed in a future MySQL release. For
account upgrade instructions, see Section 6.5.1.3, “Migrating Away from Pre-4.1
Password Hashing and the mysql_old_password Plugin”.

Note
This option is deprecated and will be removed in a future release. As of MySQL
5.7.5, it is always enabled and attempting to disable it produces an error.

• --shared-memory-base-name=name

On Windows, the shared-memory name to use, for connections made using shared memory to
a local server. The default value is MYSQL. The shared-memory name is case sensitive.

The server must be started with the --shared-memory option to enable shared-memory
connections.

• --show-table-type, -t

Show a column indicating the table type, as in SHOW FULL TABLES. The type is BASE
TABLE or VIEW.

• --socket=path, -S path

For connections to localhost, the Unix socket file to use, or, on Windows, the name of
the named pipe to use.

• --ssl*

Options that begin with --ssl specify whether to connect to the server using SSL and
indicate where to find SSL keys and certificates. See Section 6.4.5, “Command Options
for Secure Connections”.

• --status, -i

Display extra information about each table.

• --user=user_name, -u user_name

The MySQL user name to use when connecting to the server.

• --verbose, -v

Verbose mode. Print more information about what the program does. This option can be
used multiple times to increase the amount of information.

• --version, -V

Display version information and exit.

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       Oracle Corporation (http://dev.mysql.com/).

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