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.TH "\fBMARIADB\fR" "1" "3 September 2024" "MariaDB 11.4" "MariaDB Database System"
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.\" * MAIN CONTENT STARTS HERE *
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.\" mariadb
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.\" command-line tool
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.\" tools: command-line
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.\" scripts: SQL
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.\" SQL scripts
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.\" batch SQL files
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.SH "NAME"
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mariadb \- the MariaDB command\-line tool (mysql is now a symlink to mariadb)
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.SH "SYNOPSIS"
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.HP \w'\fBmariadb\ [\fR\fB\fIoptions\fR\fR\fB]\ \fR\fB\fIdb_name\fR\fR\ 'u
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\fBmariadb [\fR\fB\fIoptions\fR\fR\fB] \fR\fB\fIdb_name\fR\fR
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.SH "DESCRIPTION"
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.PP
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\fBmariadb\fR
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is a simple SQL shell (with GNU
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readline
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capabilities)\&. It supports interactive and non\-interactive use\&. When used interactively, query results are presented in an ASCII\-table format\&. When used non\-interactively (for example, as a filter), the result is presented in tab\-separated format\&. The output format can be changed using command options\&.
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.PP
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If you have problems due to insufficient memory for large result sets, use the
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\fB\-\-quick\fR
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option\&. This forces
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\fBmariadb\fR
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to retrieve results from the server a row at a time rather than retrieving the entire result set and buffering it in memory before displaying it\&. This is done by returning the result set using the
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mariadb_use_result()
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C API function in the client/server library rather than
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mysql_store_result()\&.
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.PP
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Using
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\fBmariadb\fR
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is very easy\&. Invoke it from the prompt of your command interpreter as follows:
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.sp
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.if n \{\
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.RS 4
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.\}
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.nf
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shell> \fBmariadb \fR\fB\fIdb_name\fR\fR
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.fi
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.if n \{\
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.RE
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.\}
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.PP
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Or:
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.sp
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.if n \{\
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.RS 4
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.\}
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.nf
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shell> \fBmariadb \-\-user=\fR\fB\fIuser_name\fR\fR\fB \-\-password=\fR\fB\fIyour_password\fR\fR\fB \fR\fB\fIdb_name\fR\fR
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.fi
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.if n \{\
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.RE
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.\}
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.PP
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Then type an SQL statement, end it with
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\(lq;\(rq,
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\eg, or
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\eG
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and press Enter\&.
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.PP
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Typing Control\-C causes
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\fBmariadb\fR
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to attempt to kill the current statement\&. If this cannot be done, or Control\-C is typed again before the statement is killed,
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\fBmariadb\fR
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exits\&.
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.PP
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You can execute SQL statements in a script file (batch file) like this:
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.sp
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.if n \{\
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.RS 4
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.\}
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.nf
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shell> \fBmariadb \fR\fB\fIdb_name\fR\fR\fB < \fR\fB\fIscript\&.sql\fR\fR\fB > \fR\fB\fIoutput\&.tab\fR\fR
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.fi
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.if n \{\
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.RE
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.\}
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.SH "MARIADB OPTIONS"
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.\" mariadb command options
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.\" command options: mariadb
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.\" options: command-line: mariadb
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.\" startup parameters: mariadb
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.PP
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\fBmariadb\fR
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supports the following options, which can be specified on the command line or in the
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[mariadb], [client], [client-server] or [client-mariadb]
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option file groups\&.
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\fBmariadb\fR
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also supports the options for processing option files\&.
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.sp
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.RS 4
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.ie n \{\
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\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
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.\}
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.el \{\
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.sp -1
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.IP \(bu 2.3
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.\}
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.\" mariadb: help option
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.\" help option: mariadb
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\fB\-\-help\fR,
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\fB\-?\fR,
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\fB\-I\fR
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.sp
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Display a help message and exit\&.
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.RE
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.sp
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.RS 4
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.ie n \{\
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\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
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.\}
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.el \{\
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.sp -1
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.IP \(bu 2.3
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.\}
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.\" mariadb: abort-source-on-error option
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.\" abort-source-on-error: mariadb
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\fB\-\-abort\-source\-on\-error\fR
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.sp
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Abort 'source filename' operations in case of errors\&.
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.RE
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.sp
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.RS 4
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.ie n \{\
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\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
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.\}
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.el \{\
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.sp -1
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.IP \(bu 2.3
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.\}
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.\" mariadb: auto-rehash option
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.\" auto-rehash option: mariadb
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\fB\-\-auto\-rehash\fR
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.sp
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Enable automatic rehashing\&. This option is on by default, which enables database, table, and column name completion\&. Use
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\fB\-\-disable\-auto\-rehash\fR, \fB\-\-no\-auto\-rehash\fR,  or \fB\-\-skip\-auto\-rehash\fR
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to disable rehashing\&. That causes
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\fBmariadb\fR
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to start faster, but you must issue the
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rehash
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command if you want to use name completion\&.
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.sp
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To complete a name, enter the first part and press Tab\&. If the name is unambiguous,
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\fBmariadb\fR
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completes it\&. Otherwise, you can press Tab again to see the possible names that begin with what you have typed so far\&. Completion does not occur if there is no default database\&.
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.RE
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.sp
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.RS 4
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.ie n \{\
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\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
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.\}
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.el \{\
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.sp -1
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.IP \(bu 2.3
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.\}
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.\" mariadb: auto-vertical-output option
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.\" auto-vertical-output option: mariadb
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\fB\-\-auto\-vertical\-output\fR
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.sp
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Automatically switch to vertical output mode if the result is wider than the terminal width\&.
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.RE
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.sp
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.RS 4
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.ie n \{\
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\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
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.\}
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.el \{\
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.sp -1
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.IP \(bu 2.3
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.\}
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.\" mariadb: batch option
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.\" batch option: mariadb
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\fB\-\-batch\fR,
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\fB\-B\fR
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.sp
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Print results using tab as the column separator, with each row on a new line\&. With this option,
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\fBmariadb\fR
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does not use the history file\&.
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.sp
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Batch mode results in nontabular output format and escaping of special characters\&. Escaping may be disabled by using raw mode; see the description for the
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\fB\-\-raw\fR
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option\&.
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.RE
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.sp
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.RS 4
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.ie n \{\
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\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
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.\}
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.el \{\
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.sp -1
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.IP \(bu 2.3
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.\}
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.\" mariadb: binary-mode option
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.\" binary-mode option: mariadb
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\fB\-\-binary\-mode\fR
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.sp
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Binary mode allows certain character sequences to be processed as data that
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would otherwise be treated with a special meaning by the parser\&.
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Specifically, this switch turns off parsing of all client commands except \eC
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and DELIMITER in non-interactive mode (i\&.e\&., when binary mode is combined
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with either 1) piped input, 2) the --batch mariadb option, or 3) the 'source'
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command)\&. Also, in binary mode, occurrences of '\er\en' and ASCII '\e0' are
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preserved within strings, whereas by default, '\er\en' is translated to '\en'
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and '\e0' is disallowed in user input\&.
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.RE
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.sp
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.RS 4
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.ie n \{\
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\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
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.\}
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.el \{\
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.sp -1
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.IP \(bu 2.3
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.\}
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.\" mariadb: character-sets-dir option
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.\" character-sets-dir option: mariadb
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\fB\-\-character\-sets\-dir=\fR\fB\fIpath\fR\fR
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.sp
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The directory where character sets are installed\&.
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.RE
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.sp
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.RS 4
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.ie n \{\
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\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
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.\}
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.el \{\
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.sp -1
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.IP \(bu 2.3
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.\}
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.\" mariadb: column-names option
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.\" column-names option: mariadb
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\fB\-\-column\-names\fR
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.sp
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Write column names in results\&.
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.RE
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.sp
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.RS 4
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.ie n \{\
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\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
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.\}
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.el \{\
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.sp -1
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.IP \(bu 2.3
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.\}
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.\" mariadb: column-type-info option
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.\" column-type-info option: mariadb
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\fB\-\-column\-type\-info\fR,
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\fB\-m\fR
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.sp
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Display result set metadata\&.
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.RE
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.sp
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.RS 4
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.ie n \{\
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\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
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.\}
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.el \{\
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.sp -1
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.IP \(bu 2.3
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.\}
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.\" mariadb: comments option
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.\" comments option: mariadb
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\fB\-\-comments\fR,
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\fB\-c\fR
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.sp
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Whether to preserve comments in statements sent to the server\&. The default is \-\-skip\-comments (discard comments), enable with \-\-comments (preserve comments)\&.
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.RE
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.sp
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.RS 4
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.ie n \{\
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\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
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.\}
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.el \{\
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.sp -1
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.IP \(bu 2.3
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.\}
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.\" mariadb: compress option
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.\" compress option: mariadb
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\fB\-\-compress\fR,
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\fB\-C\fR
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.sp
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Compress all information sent between the client and the server if both support compression\&.
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.RE
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.sp
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.RS 4
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.ie n \{\
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\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
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.\}
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.el \{\
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.sp -1
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.IP \(bu 2.3
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.\}
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.\" mariadb: connect-timeout option
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.\" connect-timeout option: mariadb
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\fB\-\-connect\-timeout=\fR\fB\fIseconds\fR\fR
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.sp
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Set the number of seconds before connection timeout\&. (Default value is 0\&.)
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.RE
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.sp
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.RS 4
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.ie n \{\
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\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
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.\}
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.el \{\
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.sp -1
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.IP \(bu 2.3
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.\}
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.\" mariadb: database option
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.\" database option: mariadb
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\fB\-\-database=\fR\fB\fIdb_name\fR\fR,
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\fB\-D \fR\fB\fIdb_name\fR\fR
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.sp
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The database to use\&.
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.RE
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.sp
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.RS 4
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.ie n \{\
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\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
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.\}
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.el \{\
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.sp -1
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.IP \(bu 2.3
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.\}
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.\" mariadb: debug option
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.\" debug option: mariadb
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\fB\-\-debug[=\fR\fB\fIdebug_options\fR\fR\fB]\fR,
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\fB\-# [\fR\fB\fIdebug_options\fR\fR\fB]\fR
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.sp
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Write a debugging log\&. A typical
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\fIdebug_options\fR
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string is 'd:t:o,\fIfile_name\fR'. The default is 'd:t:o,/tmp/mysql.trace'.
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.RE
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.sp
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.RS 4
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.ie n \{\
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\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
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.\}
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.el \{\
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.sp -1
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.IP \(bu 2.3
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.\}
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.\" mariadb: debug-check option
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.\" debug-check option: mariadb
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\fB\-\-debug\-check\fR
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.sp
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Print some debugging information when the program exits\&.
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.RE
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.sp
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.RS 4
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.ie n \{\
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\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
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.\}
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.el \{\
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.sp -1
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.IP \(bu 2.3
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.\}
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.\" mariadb: debug-info option
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.\" debug-info option: mariadb
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\fB\-\-debug\-info\fR,
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\fB\-T\fR
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.sp
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Prints debugging information and memory and CPU usage statistics when the program exits\&.
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.RE
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.sp
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.RS 4
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.ie n \{\
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\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
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						|
.\}
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.el \{\
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.sp -1
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.IP \(bu 2.3
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.\}
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.\" mariadb: default-auth option
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.\" default-auth option: mariadb
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\fB\-\-default\-auth=\fR\fB\fIname\fR
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						|
.sp
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Default authentication client-side plugin to use\&.
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						|
.RE
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						|
.sp
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						|
.RS 4
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						|
.ie n \{\
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\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
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						|
.\}
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.el \{\
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.sp -1
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.IP \(bu 2.3
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.\}
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.\" mariadb: default-character-set option
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.\" default-character-set option: mariadb
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\fB\-\-default\-character\-set=\fR\fB\fIcharset_name\fR\fR
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.sp
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Use
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						|
\fIcharset_name\fR
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as the default character set for the client and connection\&.
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.sp
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						|
A common issue that can occur when the operating system uses
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utf8
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or another multi\-byte character set is that output from the
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\fBmariadb\fR
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client is formatted incorrectly, due to the fact that the MariaDB client uses the
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latin1
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character set by default\&. You can usually fix such issues by using this option to force the client to use the system character set instead\&.
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.RE
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.sp
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.RS 4
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.ie n \{\
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\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
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						|
.\}
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.el \{\
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.sp -1
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.IP \(bu 2.3
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.\}
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.\" mariadb: defaults-extra-file option
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.\" defaults-extra-file option: mariadb
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\fB\-\-defaults-extra-file=\fR\fB\fIfilename\fR\fR
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.sp
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Set \fB\fIfilename\fR\fR as the file to read default options from after the global defaults files has been read\&.
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Must be given as first option\&.
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.RE
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.sp
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.RS 4
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.ie n \{\
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\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
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						|
.\}
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						|
.el \{\
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						|
.sp -1
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.IP \(bu 2.3
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						|
.\}
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						|
.\" mariadb: defaults-file option
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						|
.\" defaults-file option: mariadb
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						|
\fB\-\-defaults-file=\fR\fB\fIfilename\fR\fR
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						|
.sp
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Set \fB\fIfilename\fR\fR as the file to read default options from, override global defaults files\&. Must be given as first option\&.
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						|
.RE
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						|
.sp
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						|
.RS 4
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						|
.ie n \{\
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						|
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
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						|
.\}
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						|
.el \{\
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						|
.sp -1
 | 
						|
.IP \(bu 2.3
 | 
						|
.\}
 | 
						|
.\" mariadb: defaults-group-suffix option
 | 
						|
.\" defaults-group-suffix option: mariadb
 | 
						|
\fB\-\-defaults\-group\-suffix=\fR\fB\fIsuffix\fR\fR
 | 
						|
.sp
 | 
						|
In addition to the groups named on the command line, read groups that have the given suffix\&.
 | 
						|
.RE
 | 
						|
.sp
 | 
						|
.RS 4
 | 
						|
.ie n \{\
 | 
						|
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
 | 
						|
.\}
 | 
						|
.el \{\
 | 
						|
.sp -1
 | 
						|
.IP \(bu 2.3
 | 
						|
.\}
 | 
						|
.\" mariadb: delimiter option
 | 
						|
.\" delimiter option: mariadb
 | 
						|
\fB\-\-delimiter=\fR\fB\fIstr\fR\fR
 | 
						|
.sp
 | 
						|
Set the statement delimiter\&. The default is the semicolon character (\(lq;\(rq)\&.
 | 
						|
.RE
 | 
						|
.sp
 | 
						|
.RS 4
 | 
						|
.ie n \{\
 | 
						|
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
 | 
						|
.\}
 | 
						|
.el \{\
 | 
						|
.sp -1
 | 
						|
.IP \(bu 2.3
 | 
						|
.\}
 | 
						|
.\" mariadb: disable named commands
 | 
						|
.\" disable named command: mariadb
 | 
						|
\fB\-\-disable\-named\-commands\fR
 | 
						|
.sp
 | 
						|
Disable named commands\&. Use the
 | 
						|
\e*
 | 
						|
form only, or use named commands only at the beginning of a line ending with a semicolon (\(lq;\(rq)\&.
 | 
						|
\fBmariadb\fR
 | 
						|
starts with this option
 | 
						|
\fIenabled\fR
 | 
						|
by default\&. However, even with this option, long\-format commands still work from the first line\&. See
 | 
						|
the section called \(lqMARIADB COMMANDS\(rq\&.
 | 
						|
.RE
 | 
						|
.sp
 | 
						|
.RS 4
 | 
						|
.ie n \{\
 | 
						|
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
 | 
						|
.\}
 | 
						|
.el \{\
 | 
						|
.sp -1
 | 
						|
.IP \(bu 2.3
 | 
						|
.\}
 | 
						|
.\" mariadb: enable cleartext plugin option
 | 
						|
.\" enable cleartext plugin option: mariadb
 | 
						|
\fB\-\-enable\-cleartext\-plugin\fR
 | 
						|
.sp
 | 
						|
Obsolete option\&. Exists only for MySQL compatibility\&.
 | 
						|
.RE
 | 
						|
.sp
 | 
						|
.RS 4
 | 
						|
.ie n \{\
 | 
						|
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
 | 
						|
.\}
 | 
						|
.el \{\
 | 
						|
.sp -1
 | 
						|
.IP \(bu 2.3
 | 
						|
.\}
 | 
						|
.\" mariadb: execute option
 | 
						|
.\" execute option: mariadb
 | 
						|
\fB\-\-execute=\fR\fB\fIstatement\fR\fR,
 | 
						|
\fB\-e \fR\fB\fIstatement\fR\fR
 | 
						|
.sp
 | 
						|
Execute the statement and quit\&. Disables \fB\-\-force\fR and history file\&. The default output format is like that produced with
 | 
						|
\fB\-\-batch\fR\&.
 | 
						|
.RE
 | 
						|
.sp
 | 
						|
.RS 4
 | 
						|
.ie n \{\
 | 
						|
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
 | 
						|
.\}
 | 
						|
.el \{\
 | 
						|
.sp -1
 | 
						|
.IP \(bu 2.3
 | 
						|
.\}
 | 
						|
.\" mariadb: force option
 | 
						|
.\" force option: mariadb
 | 
						|
\fB\-\-force\fR,
 | 
						|
\fB\-f\fR
 | 
						|
.sp
 | 
						|
Continue even if an SQL error occurs\&. Sets \fB\-\-abort\-source\-on-error\fR to 0\&.
 | 
						|
.RE
 | 
						|
.sp
 | 
						|
.RS 4
 | 
						|
.ie n \{\
 | 
						|
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
 | 
						|
.\}
 | 
						|
.el \{\
 | 
						|
.sp -1
 | 
						|
.IP \(bu 2.3
 | 
						|
.\}
 | 
						|
.\" mariadb: host option
 | 
						|
.\" host option: mariadb
 | 
						|
\fB\-\-host=\fR\fB\fIhost_name\fR\fR,
 | 
						|
\fB\-h \fR\fB\fIhost_name\fR\fR
 | 
						|
.sp
 | 
						|
Connect to the MariaDB server on the given host\&.
 | 
						|
.RE
 | 
						|
.sp
 | 
						|
.RS 4
 | 
						|
.ie n \{\
 | 
						|
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
 | 
						|
.\}
 | 
						|
.el \{\
 | 
						|
.sp -1
 | 
						|
.IP \(bu 2.3
 | 
						|
.\}
 | 
						|
.\" mariadb: html option
 | 
						|
.\" html option: mariadb
 | 
						|
\fB\-\-html\fR,
 | 
						|
\fB\-H\fR
 | 
						|
.sp
 | 
						|
Produce HTML output\&.
 | 
						|
.RE
 | 
						|
.sp
 | 
						|
.RS 4
 | 
						|
.ie n \{\
 | 
						|
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
 | 
						|
.\}
 | 
						|
.el \{\
 | 
						|
.sp -1
 | 
						|
.IP \(bu 2.3
 | 
						|
.\}
 | 
						|
.\" mariadb: ignore-spaces option
 | 
						|
.\" ignore-spaces option: mariadb
 | 
						|
\fB\-\-ignore\-spaces\fR,
 | 
						|
\fB\-i\fR
 | 
						|
.sp
 | 
						|
Ignore spaces after function names\&. Allows one to have spaces (including tab characters and new line characters) between function name and '('\&. The drawback is that this causes built in functions to become reserved words\&.
 | 
						|
.RE
 | 
						|
.sp
 | 
						|
.RS 4
 | 
						|
.ie n \{\
 | 
						|
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
 | 
						|
.\}
 | 
						|
.el \{\
 | 
						|
.sp -1
 | 
						|
.IP \(bu 2.3
 | 
						|
.\}
 | 
						|
.\" mariadb: init-command option
 | 
						|
.\" init-command option: mariadb
 | 
						|
\fB\-\-init\-command=\fR\fB\fIstr\fR\fR\fR
 | 
						|
.sp
 | 
						|
SQL Command to execute when connecting to the MariaDB server\&. Will automatically be re-executed when reconnecting\&.
 | 
						|
.RE
 | 
						|
.sp
 | 
						|
.RS 4
 | 
						|
.ie n \{\
 | 
						|
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
 | 
						|
.\}
 | 
						|
.el \{\
 | 
						|
.sp -1
 | 
						|
.IP \(bu 2.3
 | 
						|
.\}
 | 
						|
.\" mariadb: line-numbers option
 | 
						|
.\" line-numbers option: mariadb
 | 
						|
\fB\-\-line\-numbers\fR
 | 
						|
.sp
 | 
						|
Write line numbers for errors\&. Disable this with
 | 
						|
\fB\-\-skip\-line\-numbers\fR\&.
 | 
						|
.RE
 | 
						|
.sp
 | 
						|
.RS 4
 | 
						|
.ie n \{\
 | 
						|
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
 | 
						|
.\}
 | 
						|
.el \{\
 | 
						|
.sp -1
 | 
						|
.IP \(bu 2.3
 | 
						|
.\}
 | 
						|
.\" mariadb: local-infile option
 | 
						|
.\" local-infile option: mariadb
 | 
						|
\fB\-\-local\-infile[={0|1}]\fR
 | 
						|
.sp
 | 
						|
Enable or disable
 | 
						|
LOCAL
 | 
						|
capability for
 | 
						|
LOAD DATA INFILE\&. With no value, the option enables
 | 
						|
LOCAL\&. The option may be given as
 | 
						|
\fB\-\-local\-infile=0\fR
 | 
						|
or
 | 
						|
\fB\-\-local\-infile=1\fR
 | 
						|
to explicitly disable or enable
 | 
						|
LOCAL\&. Enabling
 | 
						|
LOCAL
 | 
						|
has no effect if the server does not also support it\&.
 | 
						|
.RE
 | 
						|
.sp
 | 
						|
.RS 4
 | 
						|
.ie n \{\
 | 
						|
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
 | 
						|
.\}
 | 
						|
.el \{\
 | 
						|
.sp -1
 | 
						|
.IP \(bu 2.3
 | 
						|
.\}
 | 
						|
.\" mariadb: max-allowed-packet option
 | 
						|
.\" max-allowed-packet option: mariadb
 | 
						|
\fB\-\-max\-allowed\-packet=\fR\fB\fInum\fR\fR
 | 
						|
.sp
 | 
						|
Set the maximum packet length to send to or receive from the server\&. (Default value is 16MB, largest 1GB\&.)
 | 
						|
.RE
 | 
						|
.sp
 | 
						|
.RS 4
 | 
						|
.ie n \{\
 | 
						|
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
 | 
						|
.\}
 | 
						|
.el \{\
 | 
						|
.sp -1
 | 
						|
.IP \(bu 2.3
 | 
						|
.\}
 | 
						|
.\" mariadb: max-join-size option
 | 
						|
.\" max-join-size option: mariadb
 | 
						|
\fB\-\-max\-join\-size=\fR\fB\fInum\fR\fR
 | 
						|
.sp
 | 
						|
Set the automatic limit for rows in a join when using
 | 
						|
\fB\-\-safe\-updates\fR\&. (Default value is 1,000,000\&.)
 | 
						|
.RE
 | 
						|
.sp
 | 
						|
.RS 4
 | 
						|
.ie n \{\
 | 
						|
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
 | 
						|
.\}
 | 
						|
.el \{\
 | 
						|
.sp -1
 | 
						|
.IP \(bu 2.3
 | 
						|
.\}
 | 
						|
.\" mariadb: named-commands option
 | 
						|
.\" named-commands option: mariadb
 | 
						|
\fB\-\-named\-commands\fR,
 | 
						|
\fB\-G\fR
 | 
						|
.sp
 | 
						|
Enable named
 | 
						|
\fBmariadb\fR
 | 
						|
commands\&. Long\-format commands are allowed, not just short\-format commands\&. For example,
 | 
						|
quit
 | 
						|
and
 | 
						|
\eq
 | 
						|
both are recognized\&. Use
 | 
						|
\fB\-\-skip\-named\-commands\fR
 | 
						|
to disable named commands\&. See
 | 
						|
the section called \(lqMARIADB COMMANDS\(rq\&. Disabled by default\&.
 | 
						|
.RE
 | 
						|
.sp
 | 
						|
.RS 4
 | 
						|
.ie n \{\
 | 
						|
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
 | 
						|
.\}
 | 
						|
.el \{\
 | 
						|
.sp -1
 | 
						|
.IP \(bu 2.3
 | 
						|
.\}
 | 
						|
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
 | 
						|
.\}
 | 
						|
.\" mariadb: net-buffer-length option
 | 
						|
.\" net-buffer-length option: mariadb
 | 
						|
\fB\-\-net\-buffer\-length=\fR\fB\fIsize\fR\fR
 | 
						|
.sp
 | 
						|
Set the buffer size for TCP/IP and socket communication\&. (Default value is 16KB\&.)
 | 
						|
.RE
 | 
						|
.sp
 | 
						|
.RS 4
 | 
						|
.ie n \{\
 | 
						|
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
 | 
						|
.\}
 | 
						|
.el \{\
 | 
						|
.sp -1
 | 
						|
.IP \(bu 2.3
 | 
						|
.\}
 | 
						|
.\" mariadb: no-auto-rehash option
 | 
						|
.\" no-auto-rehash option: mariadb
 | 
						|
\fB\-\-no\-auto\-rehash\fR,
 | 
						|
\fB\-A\fR
 | 
						|
.sp
 | 
						|
This has the same effect as
 | 
						|
\fB\-\-skip\-auto\-rehash\fR\&. See the description for
 | 
						|
\fB\-\-auto\-rehash\fR\&.
 | 
						|
.RE
 | 
						|
.sp
 | 
						|
.RS 4
 | 
						|
.ie n \{\
 | 
						|
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
 | 
						|
.\}
 | 
						|
.el \{\
 | 
						|
.sp -1
 | 
						|
.IP \(bu 2.3
 | 
						|
.\}
 | 
						|
.\" mariadb: no-beep option
 | 
						|
.\" no-beep option: mariadb
 | 
						|
\fB\-\-no\-beep\fR,
 | 
						|
\fB\-b\fR
 | 
						|
.sp
 | 
						|
Do not beep when errors occur\&.
 | 
						|
.RE
 | 
						|
.sp
 | 
						|
.RS 4
 | 
						|
.ie n \{\
 | 
						|
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
 | 
						|
.\}
 | 
						|
.el \{\
 | 
						|
.sp -1
 | 
						|
.IP \(bu 2.3
 | 
						|
.\}
 | 
						|
.\" mariadb: no-defaults option
 | 
						|
.\" no-defaults option: mariadb
 | 
						|
\fB\-\-no\-defaults\fR
 | 
						|
.sp
 | 
						|
Do not read default options from any option file\&. This must be given as the first argument\&.
 | 
						|
.RE
 | 
						|
.sp
 | 
						|
.RS 4
 | 
						|
.ie n \{\
 | 
						|
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
 | 
						|
.\}
 | 
						|
.el \{\
 | 
						|
.sp -1
 | 
						|
.IP \(bu 2.3
 | 
						|
.\}
 | 
						|
.\" mariadb: one-database option
 | 
						|
.\" one-database option: mariadb
 | 
						|
\fB\-\-one\-database\fR,
 | 
						|
\fB\-o\fR
 | 
						|
.sp
 | 
						|
Ignore statements except those those that occur while the default database is the one named on the command line\&. This filtering is limited, and based only on USE statements\&. This is useful for skipping updates to other databases in the binary log\&.
 | 
						|
.RE
 | 
						|
.sp
 | 
						|
.RS 4
 | 
						|
.ie n \{\
 | 
						|
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
 | 
						|
.\}
 | 
						|
.el \{\
 | 
						|
.sp -1
 | 
						|
.IP \(bu 2.3
 | 
						|
.\}
 | 
						|
.\" mariadb: pager option
 | 
						|
.\" pager option: mariadb
 | 
						|
\fB\-\-pager[=\fR\fB\fIcommand\fR\fR\fB]\fR
 | 
						|
.sp
 | 
						|
Use the given command for paging query output\&. If the command is omitted, the default pager is the value of your
 | 
						|
PAGER
 | 
						|
environment variable\&. Valid pagers are
 | 
						|
\fBless\fR,
 | 
						|
\fBmore\fR,
 | 
						|
\fBcat [> filename]\fR, and so forth\&. This option works only on Unix and only in interactive mode\&. To disable paging, use
 | 
						|
\fB\-\-skip\-pager\fR\&.
 | 
						|
the section called \(lqMARIADB COMMANDS\(rq, discusses output paging further\&.
 | 
						|
.RE
 | 
						|
.sp
 | 
						|
.RS 4
 | 
						|
.ie n \{\
 | 
						|
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
 | 
						|
.\}
 | 
						|
.el \{\
 | 
						|
.sp -1
 | 
						|
.IP \(bu 2.3
 | 
						|
.\}
 | 
						|
.\" mariadb: password option
 | 
						|
.\" password option: mariadb
 | 
						|
\fB\-\-password[=\fR\fB\fIpassword\fR\fR\fB]\fR,
 | 
						|
\fB\-p[\fR\fB\fIpassword\fR\fR\fB]\fR
 | 
						|
.sp
 | 
						|
The password to use when connecting to the server\&. If you use the short option form (\fB\-p\fR), you
 | 
						|
\fIcannot\fR
 | 
						|
have a space between the option and the password\&. If you omit the
 | 
						|
\fIpassword\fR
 | 
						|
value following the
 | 
						|
\fB\-\-password\fR
 | 
						|
or
 | 
						|
\fB\-p\fR
 | 
						|
option on the command line,
 | 
						|
\fBmariadb\fR
 | 
						|
prompts for one\&.
 | 
						|
.sp
 | 
						|
Specifying a password on the command line should be considered insecure\&. You can use an option file to avoid giving the password on the command line\&.
 | 
						|
.RE
 | 
						|
.sp
 | 
						|
.RS 4
 | 
						|
.ie n \{\
 | 
						|
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
 | 
						|
.\}
 | 
						|
.el \{\
 | 
						|
.sp -1
 | 
						|
.IP \(bu 2.3
 | 
						|
.\}
 | 
						|
.\" mariadb: pipe option
 | 
						|
.\" pipe option: mariadb
 | 
						|
\fB\-\-pipe\fR,
 | 
						|
\fB\-W\fR
 | 
						|
.sp
 | 
						|
On Windows, connect to the server via a named pipe\&. This option applies only if the server supports named\-pipe connections\&.
 | 
						|
.RE
 | 
						|
.sp
 | 
						|
.RS 4
 | 
						|
.ie n \{\
 | 
						|
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
 | 
						|
.\}
 | 
						|
.el \{\
 | 
						|
.sp -1
 | 
						|
.IP \(bu 2.3
 | 
						|
.\}
 | 
						|
.\" mariadb: plugin-dir option
 | 
						|
.\" plugin-dir option: mariadb
 | 
						|
\fB\-\-plugin\-dir=\fIdir_name\fR
 | 
						|
.sp
 | 
						|
Directory for client-side plugins\&.
 | 
						|
.RE
 | 
						|
.sp
 | 
						|
.RS 4
 | 
						|
.ie n \{\
 | 
						|
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
 | 
						|
.\}
 | 
						|
.el \{\
 | 
						|
.sp -1
 | 
						|
.IP \(bu 2.3
 | 
						|
.\}
 | 
						|
.\" mariadb: port option
 | 
						|
.\" port option: mariadb
 | 
						|
\fB\-\-port=\fR\fB\fIport_num\fR\fR,
 | 
						|
\fB\-P \fR\fB\fIport_num\fR\fR
 | 
						|
.sp
 | 
						|
The TCP/IP port number to use for the connection or 0 for default to, in order of preference, my.cnf, $MYSQL_TCP_PORT, /etc/services, built-in default (3306)\&.
 | 
						|
Forces --protocol=tcp when specified on the command line without other connection properties\&.
 | 
						|
.RE
 | 
						|
.sp
 | 
						|
.RS 4
 | 
						|
.ie n \{\
 | 
						|
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
 | 
						|
.\}
 | 
						|
.el \{\
 | 
						|
.sp -1
 | 
						|
.IP \(bu 2.3
 | 
						|
.\}
 | 
						|
.\" mariadb: print-defaults option
 | 
						|
.\" print-defaults option: mariadb
 | 
						|
\fB\-\-print\-defaults\fR
 | 
						|
.sp
 | 
						|
Print the program argument list and exit\&. This must be given as the first argument\&.
 | 
						|
.RE
 | 
						|
.sp
 | 
						|
.RS 4
 | 
						|
.ie n \{\
 | 
						|
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
 | 
						|
.\}
 | 
						|
.el \{\
 | 
						|
.sp -1
 | 
						|
.IP \(bu 2.3
 | 
						|
.\}
 | 
						|
.\" mariadb: progress-reports option
 | 
						|
.\" progress-reports option: mariadb
 | 
						|
\fB\-\-progress\-reports\fR
 | 
						|
.sp
 | 
						|
Get progress reports for long running commands (such as ALTER TABLE)\&. (Defaults to on; use \fB\-\-skip\-progress\-reports\fR to disable\&.)
 | 
						|
.RE
 | 
						|
.sp
 | 
						|
.RS 4
 | 
						|
.ie n \{\
 | 
						|
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
 | 
						|
.\}
 | 
						|
.el \{\
 | 
						|
.sp -1
 | 
						|
.IP \(bu 2.3
 | 
						|
.\}
 | 
						|
.\" mariadb: prompt option
 | 
						|
.\" prompt option: mariadb
 | 
						|
\fB\-\-prompt=\fR\fB\fIformat_str\fR\fR
 | 
						|
.sp
 | 
						|
Set the prompt to the specified format\&. The special sequences that the prompt can contain are described in
 | 
						|
the section called \(lqMARIADB COMMANDS\(rq\&.
 | 
						|
.RE
 | 
						|
.sp
 | 
						|
.RS 4
 | 
						|
.ie n \{\
 | 
						|
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
 | 
						|
.\}
 | 
						|
.el \{\
 | 
						|
.sp -1
 | 
						|
.IP \(bu 2.3
 | 
						|
.\}
 | 
						|
.\" mariadb: protocol option
 | 
						|
.\" protocol option: mariadb
 | 
						|
\fB\-\-protocol={TCP|SOCKET|PIPE|MEMORY}\fR
 | 
						|
.sp
 | 
						|
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\&.
 | 
						|
.RE
 | 
						|
.sp
 | 
						|
.RS 4
 | 
						|
.ie n \{\
 | 
						|
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
 | 
						|
.\}
 | 
						|
.el \{\
 | 
						|
.sp -1
 | 
						|
.IP \(bu 2.3
 | 
						|
.\}
 | 
						|
.\" mariadb: quick option
 | 
						|
.\" quick option: mariadb
 | 
						|
\fB\-\-quick\fR,
 | 
						|
\fB\-q\fR
 | 
						|
.sp
 | 
						|
Do not cache each query result, print each row as it is received\&. This may slow down the server if the output is suspended\&. With this option,
 | 
						|
\fBmariadb\fR
 | 
						|
does not use the history file\&.
 | 
						|
.RE
 | 
						|
.sp
 | 
						|
.RS 4
 | 
						|
.ie n \{\
 | 
						|
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
 | 
						|
.\}
 | 
						|
.el \{\
 | 
						|
.sp -1
 | 
						|
.IP \(bu 2.3
 | 
						|
.\}
 | 
						|
.\" mariadb: raw option
 | 
						|
.\" raw option: mariadb
 | 
						|
\fB\-\-raw\fR,
 | 
						|
\fB\-r\fR
 | 
						|
.sp
 | 
						|
For tabular output, the
 | 
						|
\(lqboxing\(rq
 | 
						|
around columns enables one column value to be distinguished from another\&. For nontabular output (such as is produced in batch mode or when the
 | 
						|
\fB\-\-batch\fR
 | 
						|
or
 | 
						|
\fB\-\-silent\fR
 | 
						|
option is given), special characters are escaped in the output so they can be identified easily\&. Newline, tab,
 | 
						|
NUL, and backslash are written as
 | 
						|
\en,
 | 
						|
\et,
 | 
						|
\e0, and
 | 
						|
\e\e\&. The
 | 
						|
\fB\-\-raw\fR
 | 
						|
option disables this character escaping\&.
 | 
						|
.sp
 | 
						|
The following example demonstrates tabular versus nontabular output and the use of raw mode to disable escaping:
 | 
						|
.sp
 | 
						|
.if n \{\
 | 
						|
.RS 4
 | 
						|
.\}
 | 
						|
.nf
 | 
						|
% \fBmariadb\fR
 | 
						|
mariadb> SELECT CHAR(92);
 | 
						|
+\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-+
 | 
						|
| CHAR(92) |
 | 
						|
+\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-+
 | 
						|
| \e        |
 | 
						|
+\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-+
 | 
						|
% \fBmariadb \-s\fR
 | 
						|
mariadb> SELECT CHAR(92);
 | 
						|
CHAR(92)
 | 
						|
\e\e
 | 
						|
% \fBmariadb \-s \-r\fR
 | 
						|
mariadb> SELECT CHAR(92);
 | 
						|
CHAR(92)
 | 
						|
\e
 | 
						|
.fi
 | 
						|
.if n \{\
 | 
						|
.RE
 | 
						|
.\}
 | 
						|
.RE
 | 
						|
.sp
 | 
						|
.RS 4
 | 
						|
.ie n \{\
 | 
						|
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
 | 
						|
.\}
 | 
						|
.el \{\
 | 
						|
.sp -1
 | 
						|
.IP \(bu 2.3
 | 
						|
.\}
 | 
						|
.\" mariadb: reconnect option
 | 
						|
.\" reconnect option: mariadb
 | 
						|
\fB\-\-reconnect\fR
 | 
						|
.sp
 | 
						|
If the connection to the server is lost, automatically try to reconnect\&. A single reconnect attempt is made each time the connection is lost\&. Enabled by default, to disable use
 | 
						|
\fB\-\-skip\-reconnect\fR or \fB\-\-disable\-reconnect\fR\&.
 | 
						|
.RE
 | 
						|
.sp
 | 
						|
.RS 4
 | 
						|
.ie n \{\
 | 
						|
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
 | 
						|
.\}
 | 
						|
.el \{\
 | 
						|
.sp -1
 | 
						|
.IP \(bu 2.3
 | 
						|
.\}
 | 
						|
.\" mariadb: safe-updates option
 | 
						|
.\" safe-updates option: mariadb
 | 
						|
.\" mariadb: i-am-a-dummy option
 | 
						|
.\" i-am-a-dummy option: mariadb
 | 
						|
\fB\-\-safe\-updates\fR,
 | 
						|
\fB\-\-i\-am\-a\-dummy\fR,
 | 
						|
\fB\-U\fR
 | 
						|
.sp
 | 
						|
Allow only those
 | 
						|
UPDATE
 | 
						|
and
 | 
						|
DELETE
 | 
						|
statements that specify which rows to modify by using key values\&. If you have set this option in an option file, you can override it by using
 | 
						|
\fB\-\-safe\-updates\fR
 | 
						|
on the command line\&. See
 | 
						|
the section called \(lqMARIADB TIPS\(rq, for more information about this option\&.
 | 
						|
.RE
 | 
						|
.sp
 | 
						|
.RS 4
 | 
						|
.ie n \{\
 | 
						|
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
 | 
						|
.\}
 | 
						|
.el \{\
 | 
						|
.sp -1
 | 
						|
.IP \(bu 2.3
 | 
						|
.\}
 | 
						|
.\" mariadb: secure-auth option
 | 
						|
.\" secure-auth option: mariadb
 | 
						|
\fB\-\-secure\-auth\fR
 | 
						|
.sp
 | 
						|
Do not send passwords to the server in old (pre\-4\&.1\&.1) format\&. This prevents connections except for servers that use the newer password format\&.
 | 
						|
.RE
 | 
						|
.sp
 | 
						|
.RS 4
 | 
						|
.ie n \{\
 | 
						|
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
 | 
						|
.\}
 | 
						|
.el \{\
 | 
						|
.sp -1
 | 
						|
.IP \(bu 2.3
 | 
						|
.\}
 | 
						|
.\" mariadb: select-limit option
 | 
						|
.\" select-limit option: mariadb
 | 
						|
\fB\-\-select\-limit=\fR\fB\fIlimit\fR\fR
 | 
						|
.sp
 | 
						|
Set automatic limit for SELECT when using \fB\-\-safe\-updates\fR\&. (Default value is 1,000\&.)
 | 
						|
.RE
 | 
						|
.sp
 | 
						|
.RS 4
 | 
						|
.ie n \{\
 | 
						|
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
 | 
						|
.\}
 | 
						|
.el \{\
 | 
						|
.sp -1
 | 
						|
.IP \(bu 2.3
 | 
						|
.\}
 | 
						|
.\" mariadb: server-arg option
 | 
						|
.\" server-arg option: mariadb
 | 
						|
\fB\-\-server\-arg=\fR\fB\fIname\fR\fR
 | 
						|
.sp
 | 
						|
Send \fB\fIname\fR\fR as a parameter to the embedded server\&.
 | 
						|
.RE
 | 
						|
.sp
 | 
						|
.RS 4
 | 
						|
.ie n \{\
 | 
						|
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
 | 
						|
.\}
 | 
						|
.el \{\
 | 
						|
.sp -1
 | 
						|
.IP \(bu 2.3
 | 
						|
.\}
 | 
						|
.\" mariadb: show-warnings option
 | 
						|
.\" show-warnings option: mariadb
 | 
						|
\fB\-\-show\-warnings\fR
 | 
						|
.sp
 | 
						|
Cause warnings to be shown after each statement if there are any\&. This option applies to interactive and batch mode\&.
 | 
						|
.RE
 | 
						|
.sp
 | 
						|
.RS 4
 | 
						|
.ie n \{\
 | 
						|
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
 | 
						|
.\}
 | 
						|
.el \{\
 | 
						|
.sp -1
 | 
						|
.IP \(bu 2.3
 | 
						|
.\}
 | 
						|
.\" mariadb: sigint-ignore option
 | 
						|
.\" sigint-ignore option: mariadb
 | 
						|
\fB\-\-sigint\-ignore\fR
 | 
						|
.sp
 | 
						|
Ignore
 | 
						|
SIGINT
 | 
						|
signals (typically the result of typing Control\-C)\&.
 | 
						|
.RE
 | 
						|
.sp
 | 
						|
.RS 4
 | 
						|
.ie n \{\
 | 
						|
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
 | 
						|
.\}
 | 
						|
.el \{\
 | 
						|
.sp -1
 | 
						|
.IP \(bu 2.3
 | 
						|
.\}
 | 
						|
.\" mariadb: silent option
 | 
						|
.\" silent option: mariadb
 | 
						|
\fB\-\-silent\fR,
 | 
						|
\fB\-s\fR
 | 
						|
.sp
 | 
						|
Silent mode\&. Produce less output\&. This option can be given multiple times to produce less and less output\&.
 | 
						|
.sp
 | 
						|
This option results in nontabular output format and escaping of special characters\&. Escaping may be disabled by using raw mode; see the description for the
 | 
						|
\fB\-\-raw\fR
 | 
						|
option\&.
 | 
						|
.RE
 | 
						|
.sp
 | 
						|
.RS 4
 | 
						|
.ie n \{\
 | 
						|
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
 | 
						|
.\}
 | 
						|
.el \{\
 | 
						|
.sp -1
 | 
						|
.IP \(bu 2.3
 | 
						|
.\}
 | 
						|
.\" mariadb: skip-auto-rehash option
 | 
						|
.\" skip-auto-rehash option: mariadb
 | 
						|
\fB\-\-skip\-auto\-rehash\fR
 | 
						|
.sp
 | 
						|
Disable automatic rehashing\&. Synonym for \fB\-\-disable\-auto\-rehash\fR\&.
 | 
						|
.RE
 | 
						|
.sp
 | 
						|
.RS 4
 | 
						|
.ie n \{\
 | 
						|
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
 | 
						|
.\}
 | 
						|
.el \{\
 | 
						|
.sp -1
 | 
						|
.IP \(bu 2.3
 | 
						|
.\}
 | 
						|
.\" mariadb: skip-column-names option
 | 
						|
.\" skip-column-names option: mariadb
 | 
						|
\fB\-\-skip\-column\-names\fR,
 | 
						|
\fB\-N\fR
 | 
						|
.sp
 | 
						|
Do not write column names in results\&.
 | 
						|
.RE
 | 
						|
.sp
 | 
						|
.RS 4
 | 
						|
.ie n \{\
 | 
						|
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
 | 
						|
.\}
 | 
						|
.el \{\
 | 
						|
.sp -1
 | 
						|
.IP \(bu 2.3
 | 
						|
.\}
 | 
						|
.\" mariadb: skip-line-numbers option
 | 
						|
.\" skip-line-numbers option: mariadb
 | 
						|
\fB\-\-skip\-line\-numbers\fR,
 | 
						|
\fB\-L\fR
 | 
						|
.sp
 | 
						|
Do not write line numbers for errors\&. Useful when you want to compare result files that include error messages\&.
 | 
						|
.RE
 | 
						|
.sp
 | 
						|
.RS 4
 | 
						|
.ie n \{\
 | 
						|
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
 | 
						|
.\}
 | 
						|
.el \{\
 | 
						|
.sp -1
 | 
						|
.IP \(bu 2.3
 | 
						|
.\}
 | 
						|
.\" mariadb: socket option
 | 
						|
.\" socket option: mariadb
 | 
						|
\fB\-\-socket=\fR\fB\fIpath\fR\fR,
 | 
						|
\fB\-S \fR\fB\fIpath\fR\fR
 | 
						|
.sp
 | 
						|
For connections to
 | 
						|
localhost, the Unix socket file to use, or, on Windows, the name of the named pipe to use\&.
 | 
						|
Forces --protocol=socket when specified on the command line without other connection properties; on Windows, forces --protocol=pipe\&.
 | 
						|
.RE
 | 
						|
.sp
 | 
						|
.RS 4
 | 
						|
.ie n \{\
 | 
						|
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
 | 
						|
.\}
 | 
						|
.el \{\
 | 
						|
.sp -1
 | 
						|
.IP \(bu 2.3
 | 
						|
.\}
 | 
						|
.\" mariadb: SSL options
 | 
						|
.\" SSL options: mariadb
 | 
						|
\fB\-\-ssl\fR
 | 
						|
.sp
 | 
						|
Enable SSL for connection (automatically enabled with other flags). Disable with
 | 
						|
\fB\-\-skip-ssl\fR\&.
 | 
						|
.RE
 | 
						|
.sp
 | 
						|
.RS 4
 | 
						|
.ie n \{\
 | 
						|
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
 | 
						|
.\}
 | 
						|
.el \{\
 | 
						|
.sp -1
 | 
						|
.IP \(bu 2.3
 | 
						|
.\}
 | 
						|
.\" mariadb: SSL CA option
 | 
						|
.\" SSL CA option: mariadb
 | 
						|
\fB\-\-ssl\-ca=\fIname\fR
 | 
						|
.sp
 | 
						|
CA file in PEM format (check OpenSSL docs, implies
 | 
						|
\fB\-\-ssl\fR)\&.
 | 
						|
.RE
 | 
						|
.sp
 | 
						|
.RS 4
 | 
						|
.ie n \{\
 | 
						|
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
 | 
						|
.\}
 | 
						|
.el \{\
 | 
						|
.sp -1
 | 
						|
.IP \(bu 2.3
 | 
						|
.\}
 | 
						|
.\" mariadb: SSL CA Path option
 | 
						|
.\" SSL CA Path option: mariadb
 | 
						|
\fB\-\-ssl\-capath=\fIname\fR
 | 
						|
.sp
 | 
						|
CA directory (check OpenSSL docs, implies
 | 
						|
\fB\-\-ssl\fR)\&.
 | 
						|
.RE
 | 
						|
.sp
 | 
						|
.RS 4
 | 
						|
.ie n \{\
 | 
						|
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
 | 
						|
.\}
 | 
						|
.el \{\
 | 
						|
.sp -1
 | 
						|
.IP \(bu 2.3
 | 
						|
.\}
 | 
						|
.\" mariadb: SSL Cert option
 | 
						|
.\" SSL Cert option: mariadb
 | 
						|
\fB\-\-ssl\-cert=\fIname\fR
 | 
						|
.sp
 | 
						|
X509 cert in PEM format (check OpenSSL docs, implies
 | 
						|
\fB\-\-ssl\fR)\&.
 | 
						|
.RE
 | 
						|
.sp
 | 
						|
.RS 4
 | 
						|
.ie n \{\
 | 
						|
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
 | 
						|
.\}
 | 
						|
.el \{\
 | 
						|
.sp -1
 | 
						|
.IP \(bu 2.3
 | 
						|
.\}
 | 
						|
.\" mariadb: SSL Cipher option
 | 
						|
.\" SSL Cipher option: mariadb
 | 
						|
\fB\-\-ssl\-cipher=\fIname\fR
 | 
						|
.sp
 | 
						|
SSL cipher to use (check OpenSSL docs, implies
 | 
						|
\fB\-\-ssl\fR)\&.
 | 
						|
.RE
 | 
						|
.sp
 | 
						|
.RS 4
 | 
						|
.ie n \{\
 | 
						|
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
 | 
						|
.\}
 | 
						|
.el \{\
 | 
						|
.sp -1
 | 
						|
.IP \(bu 2.3
 | 
						|
.\}
 | 
						|
.\" mariadb: SSL Key option
 | 
						|
.\" SSL Key option: mariadb
 | 
						|
\fB\-\-ssl\-key=\fIname\fR
 | 
						|
.sp
 | 
						|
X509 key in PEM format (check OpenSSL docs, implies
 | 
						|
\fB\-\-ssl\fR)\&.
 | 
						|
.RE
 | 
						|
.sp
 | 
						|
.RS 4
 | 
						|
.ie n \{\
 | 
						|
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
 | 
						|
.\}
 | 
						|
.el \{\
 | 
						|
.sp -1
 | 
						|
.IP \(bu 2.3
 | 
						|
.\}
 | 
						|
.\" mariadb: SSL Crl option
 | 
						|
.\" SSL CRL option: mariadb
 | 
						|
\fB\-\-ssl\-crl=\fIname\fR
 | 
						|
.sp
 | 
						|
Certificate revocation list (check OpenSSL docs, implies
 | 
						|
\fB\-\-ssl\fR)\&.
 | 
						|
.RE
 | 
						|
.sp
 | 
						|
.RS 4
 | 
						|
.ie n \{\
 | 
						|
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
 | 
						|
.\}
 | 
						|
.el \{\
 | 
						|
.sp -1
 | 
						|
.IP \(bu 2.3
 | 
						|
.\}
 | 
						|
.\" mariadb: SSL Crlpath option
 | 
						|
.\" SSL Crlpath option: mariadb
 | 
						|
\fB\-\-ssl\-crlpath=\fIname\fR
 | 
						|
.sp
 | 
						|
Certificate revocation list path (check OpenSSL docs, implies
 | 
						|
\fB\-\-ssl\fR)\&.
 | 
						|
.RE
 | 
						|
.sp
 | 
						|
.RS 4
 | 
						|
.ie n \{\
 | 
						|
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
 | 
						|
.\}
 | 
						|
.el \{\
 | 
						|
.sp -1
 | 
						|
.IP \(bu 2.3
 | 
						|
.\}
 | 
						|
.\" mariadb: SSL Verify Server Cert option
 | 
						|
.\" SSL Verify Server Cert option: mariadb
 | 
						|
\fB\-\-ssl\-verify\-server\-cert\fR
 | 
						|
.sp
 | 
						|
Verify server's "Common Name" in its cert against hostname used when connecting. This option is disabled by default\&.
 | 
						|
.RE
 | 
						|
.sp
 | 
						|
.RS 4
 | 
						|
.ie n \{\
 | 
						|
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
 | 
						|
.\}
 | 
						|
.el \{\
 | 
						|
.sp -1
 | 
						|
.IP \(bu 2.3
 | 
						|
.\}
 | 
						|
.\" mariadb: table option
 | 
						|
.\" table option: mariadb
 | 
						|
\fB\-\-table\fR,
 | 
						|
\fB\-t\fR
 | 
						|
.sp
 | 
						|
Display output in table format\&. This is the default for interactive use, but can be used to produce table output in batch mode\&.
 | 
						|
.RE
 | 
						|
.sp
 | 
						|
.RS 4
 | 
						|
.ie n \{\
 | 
						|
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
 | 
						|
.\}
 | 
						|
.el \{\
 | 
						|
.sp -1
 | 
						|
.IP \(bu 2.3
 | 
						|
.\}
 | 
						|
.\" mariadb: tee option
 | 
						|
.\" tee option: mariadb
 | 
						|
\fB\-\-tee=\fR\fB\fIfile_name\fR\fR
 | 
						|
.sp
 | 
						|
Append a copy of output to the given file\&. This option works only in interactive mode\&.
 | 
						|
the section called \(lqMARIADB COMMANDS\(rq, discusses tee files further\&.
 | 
						|
.RE
 | 
						|
.sp
 | 
						|
.RS 4
 | 
						|
.ie n \{\
 | 
						|
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
 | 
						|
.\}
 | 
						|
.el \{\
 | 
						|
.sp -1
 | 
						|
.IP \(bu 2.3
 | 
						|
.\}
 | 
						|
.\" mariadb: unbuffered option
 | 
						|
.\" unbuffered option: mariadb
 | 
						|
\fB\-\-unbuffered\fR,
 | 
						|
\fB\-n\fR
 | 
						|
.sp
 | 
						|
Flush the buffer after each query\&.
 | 
						|
.RE
 | 
						|
.sp
 | 
						|
.RS 4
 | 
						|
.ie n \{\
 | 
						|
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
 | 
						|
.\}
 | 
						|
.el \{\
 | 
						|
.sp -1
 | 
						|
.IP \(bu 2.3
 | 
						|
.\}
 | 
						|
.\" mariadb: user option
 | 
						|
.\" user option: mariadb
 | 
						|
\fB\-\-user=\fR\fB\fIuser_name\fR\fR,
 | 
						|
\fB\-u \fR\fB\fIuser_name\fR\fR
 | 
						|
.sp
 | 
						|
The MariaDB user name to use when connecting to the server\&.
 | 
						|
.RE
 | 
						|
.sp
 | 
						|
.RS 4
 | 
						|
.ie n \{\
 | 
						|
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
 | 
						|
.\}
 | 
						|
.el \{\
 | 
						|
.sp -1
 | 
						|
.IP \(bu 2.3
 | 
						|
.\}
 | 
						|
.\" mariadb: verbose option
 | 
						|
.\" verbose option: mariadb
 | 
						|
\fB\-\-verbose\fR,
 | 
						|
\fB\-v\fR
 | 
						|
.sp
 | 
						|
Verbose mode\&. Produce more output about what the program does\&. This option can be given multiple times to produce more and more output\&. (For example,
 | 
						|
\fB\-v \-v \-v\fR
 | 
						|
produces table output format even in batch mode\&.)
 | 
						|
.RE
 | 
						|
.sp
 | 
						|
.RS 4
 | 
						|
.ie n \{\
 | 
						|
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
 | 
						|
.\}
 | 
						|
.el \{\
 | 
						|
.sp -1
 | 
						|
.IP \(bu 2.3
 | 
						|
.\}
 | 
						|
.\" mariadb: version option
 | 
						|
.\" version option: mariadb
 | 
						|
\fB\-\-version\fR,
 | 
						|
\fB\-V\fR
 | 
						|
.sp
 | 
						|
Display version information and exit\&.
 | 
						|
.RE
 | 
						|
.sp
 | 
						|
.RS 4
 | 
						|
.ie n \{\
 | 
						|
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
 | 
						|
.\}
 | 
						|
.el \{\
 | 
						|
.sp -1
 | 
						|
.IP \(bu 2.3
 | 
						|
.\}
 | 
						|
.\" mariadb: vertical option
 | 
						|
.\" vertical option: mariadb
 | 
						|
\fB\-\-vertical\fR,
 | 
						|
\fB\-E\fR
 | 
						|
.sp
 | 
						|
Print query output rows vertically (one line per column value)\&. Without this option, you can specify vertical output for individual statements by terminating them with
 | 
						|
\eG\&.
 | 
						|
.RE
 | 
						|
.sp
 | 
						|
.RS 4
 | 
						|
.ie n \{\
 | 
						|
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
 | 
						|
.\}
 | 
						|
.el \{\
 | 
						|
.sp -1
 | 
						|
.IP \(bu 2.3
 | 
						|
.\}
 | 
						|
.\" mariadb: wait option
 | 
						|
.\" wait option: mariadb
 | 
						|
\fB\-\-wait\fR,
 | 
						|
\fB\-w\fR
 | 
						|
.sp
 | 
						|
If the connection cannot be established, wait and retry instead of aborting\&.
 | 
						|
.RE
 | 
						|
.sp
 | 
						|
.RS 4
 | 
						|
.ie n \{\
 | 
						|
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
 | 
						|
.\}
 | 
						|
.el \{\
 | 
						|
.sp -1
 | 
						|
.IP \(bu 2.3
 | 
						|
.\}
 | 
						|
.\" mariadb: xml option
 | 
						|
.\" xml option: mariadb
 | 
						|
\fB\-\-xml\fR,
 | 
						|
\fB\-X\fR
 | 
						|
.sp
 | 
						|
Produce XML output\&.
 | 
						|
The output when
 | 
						|
\fB\-\-xml\fR
 | 
						|
is used with
 | 
						|
\fBmariadb\fR
 | 
						|
matches that of
 | 
						|
\fBmariadb-dump \fR\fB\fB\-\-xml\fR\fR\&. See
 | 
						|
\fBmariadb-dump\fR(1)
 | 
						|
for details\&.
 | 
						|
.sp
 | 
						|
The XML output also uses an XML namespace, as shown here:
 | 
						|
.sp
 | 
						|
.if n \{\
 | 
						|
.RS 4
 | 
						|
.\}
 | 
						|
.nf
 | 
						|
shell> \fBmariadb \-\-xml \-uroot \-e "SHOW VARIABLES LIKE 'version%'"\fR
 | 
						|
<?xml version="1\&.0"?>
 | 
						|
<resultset statement="SHOW VARIABLES LIKE 'version%'" xmlns:xsi="http://www\&.w3\&.org/2001/XMLSchema\-instance">
 | 
						|
<row>
 | 
						|
<field name="Variable_name">version</field>
 | 
						|
<field name="Value">5\&.0\&.40\-debug</field>
 | 
						|
</row>
 | 
						|
<row>
 | 
						|
<field name="Variable_name">version_comment</field>
 | 
						|
<field name="Value">Source distribution</field>
 | 
						|
</row>
 | 
						|
<row>
 | 
						|
<field name="Variable_name">version_compile_machine</field>
 | 
						|
<field name="Value">i686</field>
 | 
						|
</row>
 | 
						|
<row>
 | 
						|
<field name="Variable_name">version_compile_os</field>
 | 
						|
<field name="Value">suse\-linux\-gnu</field>
 | 
						|
</row>
 | 
						|
</resultset>
 | 
						|
.fi
 | 
						|
.RE
 | 
						|
.PP
 | 
						|
You can also set the following variables by using
 | 
						|
\fB\-\-\fR\fB\fIvar_name\fR\fR\fB=\fR\fB\fIvalue\fR\fR\&.
 | 
						|
.sp
 | 
						|
.RS 4
 | 
						|
.ie n \{\
 | 
						|
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
 | 
						|
.\}
 | 
						|
.el \{\
 | 
						|
.sp -1
 | 
						|
.IP \(bu 2.3
 | 
						|
.\}
 | 
						|
.\" timeout: connect_timeout variable
 | 
						|
.\" connect_timeout variable
 | 
						|
connect_timeout
 | 
						|
.sp
 | 
						|
The number of seconds before connection timeout\&. (Default value is
 | 
						|
0\&.)
 | 
						|
.RE
 | 
						|
.sp
 | 
						|
.RS 4
 | 
						|
.ie n \{\
 | 
						|
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
 | 
						|
.\}
 | 
						|
.el \{\
 | 
						|
.sp -1
 | 
						|
.IP \(bu 2.3
 | 
						|
.\}
 | 
						|
.\" max_allowed_packet variable
 | 
						|
max_allowed_packet
 | 
						|
.sp
 | 
						|
The maximum packet length to send to or receive from the server\&. (Default value is 16MB\&.)
 | 
						|
.RE
 | 
						|
.sp
 | 
						|
.RS 4
 | 
						|
.ie n \{\
 | 
						|
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
 | 
						|
.\}
 | 
						|
.el \{\
 | 
						|
.sp -1
 | 
						|
.IP \(bu 2.3
 | 
						|
.\}
 | 
						|
.\" max_join_size variable
 | 
						|
max_join_size
 | 
						|
.sp
 | 
						|
The automatic limit for rows in a join when using
 | 
						|
\fB\-\-safe\-updates\fR\&. (Default value is 1,000,000\&.)
 | 
						|
.RE
 | 
						|
.sp
 | 
						|
.RS 4
 | 
						|
.ie n \{\
 | 
						|
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
 | 
						|
.\}
 | 
						|
.el \{\
 | 
						|
.sp -1
 | 
						|
.IP \(bu 2.3
 | 
						|
.\}
 | 
						|
.\" net_buffer_length variable
 | 
						|
net_buffer_length
 | 
						|
.sp
 | 
						|
The buffer size for TCP/IP and socket communication\&. (Default value is 16KB\&.)
 | 
						|
.RE
 | 
						|
.sp
 | 
						|
.RS 4
 | 
						|
.ie n \{\
 | 
						|
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
 | 
						|
.\}
 | 
						|
.el \{\
 | 
						|
.sp -1
 | 
						|
.IP \(bu 2.3
 | 
						|
.\}
 | 
						|
.\" select_limit variable
 | 
						|
select_limit
 | 
						|
.sp
 | 
						|
The automatic limit for
 | 
						|
SELECT
 | 
						|
statements when using
 | 
						|
\fB\-\-safe\-updates\fR\&. (Default value is 1,000\&.)
 | 
						|
.RE
 | 
						|
.\" MARIADB_HISTFILE environment variable
 | 
						|
.\" environment variable: MARIADB_HISTFILE
 | 
						|
.\" HOME environment variable
 | 
						|
.\" environment variable: HOME
 | 
						|
.\" mariadb history file
 | 
						|
.\" command-line history: mariadb
 | 
						|
.\" .mariadb_history file
 | 
						|
.PP
 | 
						|
On Unix, the
 | 
						|
\fBmariadb\fR
 | 
						|
client writes a record of executed statements to a history file\&. By default, this file is named
 | 
						|
\&.mariadb_history
 | 
						|
and is created in your home directory\&. For backwards compatibility \&.mariadb_history will be used if present and
 | 
						|
\&.mariadb_history is missing\&. To specify a different file, set the value of the
 | 
						|
MARIADB_HISTFILE
 | 
						|
environment variable\&. The environment variable MYSQL_HISTFILE will be used if MARIADB_HISTFILE isn't present\&.
 | 
						|
.PP
 | 
						|
The
 | 
						|
\&.mariadb_history
 | 
						|
should be protected with a restrictive access mode because sensitive information might be written to it, such as the text of SQL statements that contain passwords\&.
 | 
						|
.PP
 | 
						|
If you do not want to maintain a history file, first remove
 | 
						|
\&.mariadb_history
 | 
						|
if it exists, and then use either of the following techniques:
 | 
						|
.sp
 | 
						|
.RS 4
 | 
						|
.ie n \{\
 | 
						|
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
 | 
						|
.\}
 | 
						|
.el \{\
 | 
						|
.sp -1
 | 
						|
.IP \(bu 2.3
 | 
						|
.\}
 | 
						|
Set the
 | 
						|
MARIADB_HISTFILE
 | 
						|
variable to
 | 
						|
/dev/null\&. To cause this setting to take effect each time you log in, put the setting in one of your shell's startup files\&.
 | 
						|
.RE
 | 
						|
.sp
 | 
						|
.RS 4
 | 
						|
.ie n \{\
 | 
						|
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
 | 
						|
.\}
 | 
						|
.el \{\
 | 
						|
.sp -1
 | 
						|
.IP \(bu 2.3
 | 
						|
.\}
 | 
						|
Create
 | 
						|
\&.mariadb_history
 | 
						|
as a symbolic link to
 | 
						|
/dev/null:
 | 
						|
.sp
 | 
						|
.if n \{\
 | 
						|
.RS 4
 | 
						|
.\}
 | 
						|
.nf
 | 
						|
shell> \fBln \-s /dev/null $HOME/\&.mariadb_history\fR
 | 
						|
.fi
 | 
						|
.if n \{\
 | 
						|
.RE
 | 
						|
.\}
 | 
						|
.sp
 | 
						|
You need do this only once\&.
 | 
						|
.RE
 | 
						|
.SH "MARIADB COMMANDS"
 | 
						|
.PP
 | 
						|
\fBmariadb\fR
 | 
						|
sends each SQL statement that you issue to the server to be executed\&. There is also a set of commands that
 | 
						|
\fBmariadb\fR
 | 
						|
itself interprets\&. For a list of these commands, type
 | 
						|
help
 | 
						|
or
 | 
						|
\eh
 | 
						|
at the
 | 
						|
mariadb>
 | 
						|
prompt:
 | 
						|
.\" mariadb commands: list of
 | 
						|
.sp
 | 
						|
.if n \{\
 | 
						|
.RS 4
 | 
						|
.\}
 | 
						|
.nf
 | 
						|
mariadb> \fBhelp\fR
 | 
						|
List of all MariaDB commands:
 | 
						|
Note that all text commands must be first on line and end with ';'
 | 
						|
?         (\e?) Synonym for 'help'\&.
 | 
						|
clear     (\ec) Clear command\&.
 | 
						|
connect   (\er) Reconnect to the server\&. Optional arguments are db and host\&.
 | 
						|
delimiter (\ed) Set statement delimiter\&.
 | 
						|
edit      (\ee) Edit command with $EDITOR\&.
 | 
						|
ego       (\eG) Send command to mariadb server, display result vertically\&.
 | 
						|
exit      (\eq) Exit mariadb\&. Same as quit\&.
 | 
						|
go        (\eg) Send command to mariadb server\&.
 | 
						|
help      (\eh) Display this help\&.
 | 
						|
nopager   (\en) Disable pager, print to stdout\&.
 | 
						|
notee     (\et) Don't write into outfile\&.
 | 
						|
pager     (\eP) Set PAGER [to_pager]\&. Print the query results via PAGER\&.
 | 
						|
print     (\ep) Print current command\&.
 | 
						|
prompt    (\eR) Change your mariadb prompt\&.
 | 
						|
quit      (\eq) Quit mariadb\&.
 | 
						|
rehash    (\e#) Rebuild completion hash\&.
 | 
						|
source    (\e\&.) Execute an SQL script file\&. Takes a file name as an argument\&.
 | 
						|
status    (\es) Get status information from the server\&.
 | 
						|
system    (\e!) Execute a system shell command\&.
 | 
						|
tee       (\eT) Set outfile [to_outfile]\&. Append everything into given
 | 
						|
               outfile\&.
 | 
						|
use       (\eu) Use another database\&. Takes database name as argument\&.
 | 
						|
charset   (\eC) Switch to another charset\&. Might be needed for processing
 | 
						|
               binlog with multi\-byte charsets\&.
 | 
						|
warnings  (\eW) Show warnings after every statement\&.
 | 
						|
nowarning (\ew) Don't show warnings after every statement\&.
 | 
						|
For server side help, type 'help contents'
 | 
						|
.fi
 | 
						|
.if n \{\
 | 
						|
.RE
 | 
						|
.\}
 | 
						|
.PP
 | 
						|
Each command has both a long and short form\&. The long form is not case sensitive; the short form is\&. The long form can be followed by an optional semicolon terminator, but the short form should not\&.
 | 
						|
.PP
 | 
						|
The use of short\-form commands within multi\-line
 | 
						|
/* \&.\&.\&. */
 | 
						|
comments is not supported\&.
 | 
						|
.sp
 | 
						|
.RS 4
 | 
						|
.ie n \{\
 | 
						|
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
 | 
						|
.\}
 | 
						|
.el \{\
 | 
						|
.sp -1
 | 
						|
.IP \(bu 2.3
 | 
						|
.\}
 | 
						|
.\" mariadb: help command
 | 
						|
.\" help command: mariadb
 | 
						|
\fBhelp [\fR\fB\fIarg\fR\fR\fB]\fR,
 | 
						|
\fB\eh [\fR\fB\fIarg\fR\fR\fB]\fR,
 | 
						|
\fB\e? [\fR\fB\fIarg\fR\fR\fB]\fR,
 | 
						|
\fB? [\fR\fB\fIarg\fR\fR\fB]\fR
 | 
						|
.sp
 | 
						|
Display a help message listing the available
 | 
						|
\fBmariadb\fR
 | 
						|
commands\&.
 | 
						|
.sp
 | 
						|
If you provide an argument to the
 | 
						|
help
 | 
						|
command,
 | 
						|
\fBmariadb\fR
 | 
						|
uses it as a search string to access server\-side help\&. For more information, see
 | 
						|
the section called \(lqMARIADB SERVER-SIDE HELP\(rq\&.
 | 
						|
.RE
 | 
						|
.sp
 | 
						|
.RS 4
 | 
						|
.ie n \{\
 | 
						|
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
 | 
						|
.\}
 | 
						|
.el \{\
 | 
						|
.sp -1
 | 
						|
.IP \(bu 2.3
 | 
						|
.\}
 | 
						|
.\" mariadb: charset command
 | 
						|
.\" charset command: mariadb
 | 
						|
\fBcharset \fR\fB\fIcharset_name\fR\fR,
 | 
						|
\fB\eC \fR\fB\fIcharset_name\fR\fR
 | 
						|
.sp
 | 
						|
Change the default character set and issue a
 | 
						|
SET NAMES
 | 
						|
statement\&. This enables the character set to remain synchronized on the client and server if
 | 
						|
\fBmariadb\fR
 | 
						|
is run with auto\-reconnect enabled (which is not recommended), because the specified character set is used for reconnects\&.
 | 
						|
.RE
 | 
						|
.sp
 | 
						|
.RS 4
 | 
						|
.ie n \{\
 | 
						|
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
 | 
						|
.\}
 | 
						|
.el \{\
 | 
						|
.sp -1
 | 
						|
.IP \(bu 2.3
 | 
						|
.\}
 | 
						|
.\" mariadb: clear command
 | 
						|
.\" clear command: mariadb
 | 
						|
\fBclear\fR,
 | 
						|
\fB\ec\fR
 | 
						|
.sp
 | 
						|
Clear the current input\&. Use this if you change your mind about executing the statement that you are entering\&.
 | 
						|
.RE
 | 
						|
.sp
 | 
						|
.RS 4
 | 
						|
.ie n \{\
 | 
						|
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
 | 
						|
.\}
 | 
						|
.el \{\
 | 
						|
.sp -1
 | 
						|
.IP \(bu 2.3
 | 
						|
.\}
 | 
						|
.\" mariadb: connect command
 | 
						|
.\" connect command: mariadb
 | 
						|
\fBconnect [\fR\fB\fIdb_name\fR\fR\fB \fR\fB\fIhost_name\fR\fR\fB]]\fR,
 | 
						|
\fB\er [\fR\fB\fIdb_name\fR\fR\fB \fR\fB\fIhost_name\fR\fR\fB]]\fR
 | 
						|
.sp
 | 
						|
Reconnect to the server\&. The optional database name and host name arguments may be given to specify the default database or the host where the server is running\&. If omitted, the current values are used\&.
 | 
						|
.RE
 | 
						|
.sp
 | 
						|
.RS 4
 | 
						|
.ie n \{\
 | 
						|
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
 | 
						|
.\}
 | 
						|
.el \{\
 | 
						|
.sp -1
 | 
						|
.IP \(bu 2.3
 | 
						|
.\}
 | 
						|
.\" mariadb: delimiter command
 | 
						|
.\" delimiter command: mariadb
 | 
						|
\fBdelimiter \fR\fB\fIstr\fR\fR,
 | 
						|
\fB\ed \fR\fB\fIstr\fR\fR
 | 
						|
.sp
 | 
						|
Change the string that
 | 
						|
\fBmariadb\fR
 | 
						|
interprets as the separator between SQL statements\&. The default is the semicolon character (\(lq;\(rq)\&.
 | 
						|
.sp
 | 
						|
The delimiter can be specified as an unquoted or quoted argument\&. Quoting can be done with either single quote (') or double quote (") characters\&. To include a quote within a quoted string, either quote the string with the other quote character or escape the quote with a backslash (\(lq\e\(rq) character\&. Backslash should be avoided outside of quoted strings because it is the escape character for MariaDB\&. For an unquoted argument, the delimiter is read up to the first space or end of line\&. For a quoted argument, the delimiter is read up to the matching quote on the line\&.
 | 
						|
.sp
 | 
						|
When the delimiter recognized by
 | 
						|
\fBmariadb\fR
 | 
						|
is set to something other than the default of
 | 
						|
\(lq;\(rq, instances of that character are sent to the server without interpretation\&. However, the server itself still interprets
 | 
						|
\(lq;\(rq
 | 
						|
as a statement delimiter and processes statements accordingly\&. This behavior on the server side comes into play for multiple\-statement execution, and for parsing the body of stored procedures and functions, triggers, and events\&.
 | 
						|
.RE
 | 
						|
.sp
 | 
						|
.RS 4
 | 
						|
.ie n \{\
 | 
						|
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
 | 
						|
.\}
 | 
						|
.el \{\
 | 
						|
.sp -1
 | 
						|
.IP \(bu 2.3
 | 
						|
.\}
 | 
						|
.\" mariadb: edit command
 | 
						|
.\" edit command: mariadb
 | 
						|
\fBedit\fR,
 | 
						|
\fB\ee\fR
 | 
						|
.sp
 | 
						|
Edit the current input statement\&.
 | 
						|
\fBmariadb\fR
 | 
						|
checks the values of the
 | 
						|
EDITOR
 | 
						|
and
 | 
						|
VISUAL
 | 
						|
environment variables to determine which editor to use\&. The default editor is
 | 
						|
\fBvi\fR
 | 
						|
if neither variable is set\&.
 | 
						|
.sp
 | 
						|
The
 | 
						|
\fBedit\fR
 | 
						|
command works only in Unix\&.
 | 
						|
.RE
 | 
						|
.sp
 | 
						|
.RS 4
 | 
						|
.ie n \{\
 | 
						|
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
 | 
						|
.\}
 | 
						|
.el \{\
 | 
						|
.sp -1
 | 
						|
.IP \(bu 2.3
 | 
						|
.\}
 | 
						|
.\" mariadb: ego command
 | 
						|
.\" ego command: mariadb
 | 
						|
\fBego\fR,
 | 
						|
\fB\eG\fR
 | 
						|
.sp
 | 
						|
Send the current statement to the server to be executed and display the result using vertical format\&.
 | 
						|
.RE
 | 
						|
.sp
 | 
						|
.RS 4
 | 
						|
.ie n \{\
 | 
						|
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
 | 
						|
.\}
 | 
						|
.el \{\
 | 
						|
.sp -1
 | 
						|
.IP \(bu 2.3
 | 
						|
.\}
 | 
						|
.\" mariadb: exit command
 | 
						|
.\" exit command: mariadb
 | 
						|
\fBexit\fR,
 | 
						|
\fB\eq\fR
 | 
						|
.sp
 | 
						|
Exit
 | 
						|
\fBmariadb\fR\&.
 | 
						|
.RE
 | 
						|
.sp
 | 
						|
.RS 4
 | 
						|
.ie n \{\
 | 
						|
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
 | 
						|
.\}
 | 
						|
.el \{\
 | 
						|
.sp -1
 | 
						|
.IP \(bu 2.3
 | 
						|
.\}
 | 
						|
.\" mariadb: go command
 | 
						|
.\" go command: mariadb
 | 
						|
\fBgo\fR,
 | 
						|
\fB\eg\fR
 | 
						|
.sp
 | 
						|
Send the current statement to the server to be executed\&.
 | 
						|
.RE
 | 
						|
.sp
 | 
						|
.RS 4
 | 
						|
.ie n \{\
 | 
						|
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
 | 
						|
.\}
 | 
						|
.el \{\
 | 
						|
.sp -1
 | 
						|
.IP \(bu 2.3
 | 
						|
.\}
 | 
						|
.\" mariadb: nopager command
 | 
						|
.\" nopager command: mariadb
 | 
						|
\fBnopager\fR,
 | 
						|
\fB\en\fR
 | 
						|
.sp
 | 
						|
Disable output paging\&. See the description for
 | 
						|
\fBpager\fR\&.
 | 
						|
.sp
 | 
						|
The
 | 
						|
\fBnopager\fR
 | 
						|
command works only in Unix\&.
 | 
						|
.RE
 | 
						|
.sp
 | 
						|
.RS 4
 | 
						|
.ie n \{\
 | 
						|
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
 | 
						|
.\}
 | 
						|
.el \{\
 | 
						|
.sp -1
 | 
						|
.IP \(bu 2.3
 | 
						|
.\}
 | 
						|
.\" mariadb: notee command
 | 
						|
.\" notee command: mariadb
 | 
						|
\fBnotee\fR,
 | 
						|
\fB\et\fR
 | 
						|
.sp
 | 
						|
Disable output copying to the tee file\&. See the description for
 | 
						|
\fBtee\fR\&.
 | 
						|
.RE
 | 
						|
.sp
 | 
						|
.RS 4
 | 
						|
.ie n \{\
 | 
						|
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
 | 
						|
.\}
 | 
						|
.el \{\
 | 
						|
.sp -1
 | 
						|
.IP \(bu 2.3
 | 
						|
.\}
 | 
						|
.\" mariadb: nowarning command
 | 
						|
.\" nowarning command: mariadb
 | 
						|
\fBnowarning\fR,
 | 
						|
\fB\ew\fR
 | 
						|
.sp
 | 
						|
Enable display of warnings after each statement\&.
 | 
						|
.RE
 | 
						|
.sp
 | 
						|
.RS 4
 | 
						|
.ie n \{\
 | 
						|
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
 | 
						|
.\}
 | 
						|
.el \{\
 | 
						|
.sp -1
 | 
						|
.IP \(bu 2.3
 | 
						|
.\}
 | 
						|
.\" mariadb: pager command
 | 
						|
.\" pager command: mariadb
 | 
						|
\fBpager [\fR\fB\fIcommand\fR\fR\fB]\fR,
 | 
						|
\fB\eP [\fR\fB\fIcommand\fR\fR\fB]\fR
 | 
						|
.sp
 | 
						|
Enable output paging\&. By using the
 | 
						|
\fB\-\-pager\fR
 | 
						|
option when you invoke
 | 
						|
\fBmariadb\fR, it is possible to browse or search query results in interactive mode with Unix programs such as
 | 
						|
\fBless\fR,
 | 
						|
\fBmore\fR, or any other similar program\&. If you specify no value for the option,
 | 
						|
\fBmariadb\fR
 | 
						|
checks the value of the
 | 
						|
PAGER
 | 
						|
environment variable and sets the pager to that\&. Pager functionality works only in interactive mode\&.
 | 
						|
.sp
 | 
						|
Output paging can be enabled interactively with the
 | 
						|
\fBpager\fR
 | 
						|
command and disabled with
 | 
						|
\fBnopager\fR\&. The command takes an optional argument; if given, the paging program is set to that\&. With no argument, the pager is set to the pager that was set on the command line, or
 | 
						|
stdout
 | 
						|
if no pager was specified\&.
 | 
						|
.sp
 | 
						|
Output paging works only in Unix because it uses the
 | 
						|
popen()
 | 
						|
function, which does not exist on Windows\&. For Windows, the
 | 
						|
\fBtee\fR
 | 
						|
option can be used instead to save query output, although it is not as convenient as
 | 
						|
\fBpager\fR
 | 
						|
for browsing output in some situations\&.
 | 
						|
.RE
 | 
						|
.sp
 | 
						|
.RS 4
 | 
						|
.ie n \{\
 | 
						|
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
 | 
						|
.\}
 | 
						|
.el \{\
 | 
						|
.sp -1
 | 
						|
.IP \(bu 2.3
 | 
						|
.\}
 | 
						|
.\" mariadb: print command
 | 
						|
.\" print command: mariadb
 | 
						|
\fBprint\fR,
 | 
						|
\fB\ep\fR
 | 
						|
.sp
 | 
						|
Print the current input statement without executing it\&.
 | 
						|
.RE
 | 
						|
.sp
 | 
						|
.RS 4
 | 
						|
.ie n \{\
 | 
						|
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
 | 
						|
.\}
 | 
						|
.el \{\
 | 
						|
.sp -1
 | 
						|
.IP \(bu 2.3
 | 
						|
.\}
 | 
						|
.\" mariadb: prompt command
 | 
						|
.\" prompt command: mariadb
 | 
						|
\fBprompt [\fR\fB\fIstr\fR\fR\fB]\fR,
 | 
						|
\fB\eR [\fR\fB\fIstr\fR\fR\fB]\fR
 | 
						|
.sp
 | 
						|
Reconfigure the
 | 
						|
\fBmariadb\fR
 | 
						|
prompt to the given string\&. The special character sequences that can be used in the prompt are described later in this section\&.
 | 
						|
.sp
 | 
						|
If you specify the
 | 
						|
prompt
 | 
						|
command with no argument,
 | 
						|
\fBmariadb\fR
 | 
						|
resets the prompt to the default of
 | 
						|
mariadb>\&.
 | 
						|
.RE
 | 
						|
.sp
 | 
						|
.RS 4
 | 
						|
.ie n \{\
 | 
						|
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
 | 
						|
.\}
 | 
						|
.el \{\
 | 
						|
.sp -1
 | 
						|
.IP \(bu 2.3
 | 
						|
.\}
 | 
						|
.\" mariadb: quit command
 | 
						|
.\" quit command: mariadb
 | 
						|
\fBquit\fR,
 | 
						|
\fB\eq\fR
 | 
						|
.sp
 | 
						|
Exit
 | 
						|
\fBmariadb\fR\&.
 | 
						|
.RE
 | 
						|
.sp
 | 
						|
.RS 4
 | 
						|
.ie n \{\
 | 
						|
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
 | 
						|
.\}
 | 
						|
.el \{\
 | 
						|
.sp -1
 | 
						|
.IP \(bu 2.3
 | 
						|
.\}
 | 
						|
.\" mariadb: rehash command
 | 
						|
.\" rehash command: mariadb
 | 
						|
\fBrehash\fR,
 | 
						|
\fB\e#\fR
 | 
						|
.sp
 | 
						|
Rebuild the completion hash that enables database, table, and column name completion while you are entering statements\&. (See the description for the
 | 
						|
\fB\-\-auto\-rehash\fR
 | 
						|
option\&.)
 | 
						|
.RE
 | 
						|
.sp
 | 
						|
.RS 4
 | 
						|
.ie n \{\
 | 
						|
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
 | 
						|
.\}
 | 
						|
.el \{\
 | 
						|
.sp -1
 | 
						|
.IP \(bu 2.3
 | 
						|
.\}
 | 
						|
.\" mariadb: source command
 | 
						|
.\" source command: mariadb
 | 
						|
\fBsource \fR\fB\fIfile_name\fR\fR,
 | 
						|
\fB\e\&. \fR\fB\fIfile_name\fR\fR
 | 
						|
.sp
 | 
						|
Read the named file and executes the statements contained therein\&. On Windows, you can specify path name separators as
 | 
						|
/
 | 
						|
or
 | 
						|
\e\e\&.
 | 
						|
.RE
 | 
						|
.sp
 | 
						|
.RS 4
 | 
						|
.ie n \{\
 | 
						|
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
 | 
						|
.\}
 | 
						|
.el \{\
 | 
						|
.sp -1
 | 
						|
.IP \(bu 2.3
 | 
						|
.\}
 | 
						|
.\" mariadb: status command
 | 
						|
.\" status command: mariadb
 | 
						|
\fBstatus\fR,
 | 
						|
\fB\es\fR
 | 
						|
.sp
 | 
						|
Provide status information about the connection and the server you are using\&. If you are running in
 | 
						|
\fB\-\-safe\-updates\fR
 | 
						|
mode,
 | 
						|
status
 | 
						|
also prints the values for the
 | 
						|
\fBmariadb\fR
 | 
						|
variables that affect your queries\&.
 | 
						|
.RE
 | 
						|
.sp
 | 
						|
.RS 4
 | 
						|
.ie n \{\
 | 
						|
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
 | 
						|
.\}
 | 
						|
.el \{\
 | 
						|
.sp -1
 | 
						|
.IP \(bu 2.3
 | 
						|
.\}
 | 
						|
.\" mariadb: system command
 | 
						|
.\" system command: mariadb
 | 
						|
\fBsystem \fR\fB\fIcommand\fR\fR,
 | 
						|
\fB\e! \fR\fB\fIcommand\fR\fR
 | 
						|
.sp
 | 
						|
Execute the given command using your default command interpreter\&.
 | 
						|
.sp
 | 
						|
The
 | 
						|
\fBsystem\fR
 | 
						|
command works only in Unix\&.
 | 
						|
.RE
 | 
						|
.sp
 | 
						|
.RS 4
 | 
						|
.ie n \{\
 | 
						|
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
 | 
						|
.\}
 | 
						|
.el \{\
 | 
						|
.sp -1
 | 
						|
.IP \(bu 2.3
 | 
						|
.\}
 | 
						|
.\" mariadb: tee command
 | 
						|
.\" tee command: mariadb
 | 
						|
\fBtee [\fR\fB\fIfile_name\fR\fR\fB]\fR,
 | 
						|
\fB\eT [\fR\fB\fIfile_name\fR\fR\fB]\fR
 | 
						|
.sp
 | 
						|
By using the
 | 
						|
\fB\-\-tee\fR
 | 
						|
option when you invoke
 | 
						|
\fBmariadb\fR, you can log statements and their output\&. All the data displayed on the screen is appended into a given file\&. This can be very useful for debugging purposes also\&.
 | 
						|
\fBmariadb\fR
 | 
						|
flushes results to the file after each statement, just before it prints its next prompt\&. Tee functionality works only in interactive mode\&.
 | 
						|
.sp
 | 
						|
You can enable this feature interactively with the
 | 
						|
\fBtee\fR
 | 
						|
command\&. Without a parameter, the previous file is used\&. The
 | 
						|
\fBtee\fR
 | 
						|
file can be disabled with the
 | 
						|
\fBnotee\fR
 | 
						|
command\&. Executing
 | 
						|
\fBtee\fR
 | 
						|
again re\-enables logging\&.
 | 
						|
.RE
 | 
						|
.sp
 | 
						|
.RS 4
 | 
						|
.ie n \{\
 | 
						|
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
 | 
						|
.\}
 | 
						|
.el \{\
 | 
						|
.sp -1
 | 
						|
.IP \(bu 2.3
 | 
						|
.\}
 | 
						|
.\" mariadb: use command
 | 
						|
.\" use command: mariadb
 | 
						|
\fBuse \fR\fB\fIdb_name\fR\fR,
 | 
						|
\fB\eu \fR\fB\fIdb_name\fR\fR
 | 
						|
.sp
 | 
						|
Use
 | 
						|
\fIdb_name\fR
 | 
						|
as the default database\&.
 | 
						|
.RE
 | 
						|
.sp
 | 
						|
.RS 4
 | 
						|
.ie n \{\
 | 
						|
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
 | 
						|
.\}
 | 
						|
.el \{\
 | 
						|
.sp -1
 | 
						|
.IP \(bu 2.3
 | 
						|
.\}
 | 
						|
.\" mariadb: warnings command
 | 
						|
.\" warnings command: mariadb
 | 
						|
\fBwarnings\fR,
 | 
						|
\fB\eW\fR
 | 
						|
.sp
 | 
						|
Enable display of warnings after each statement (if there are any)\&.
 | 
						|
.RE
 | 
						|
.PP
 | 
						|
Here are a few tips about the
 | 
						|
\fBpager\fR
 | 
						|
command:
 | 
						|
.sp
 | 
						|
.RS 4
 | 
						|
.ie n \{\
 | 
						|
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
 | 
						|
.\}
 | 
						|
.el \{\
 | 
						|
.sp -1
 | 
						|
.IP \(bu 2.3
 | 
						|
.\}
 | 
						|
You can use it to write to a file and the results go only to the file:
 | 
						|
.sp
 | 
						|
.if n \{\
 | 
						|
.RS 4
 | 
						|
.\}
 | 
						|
.nf
 | 
						|
mariadb> \fBpager cat > /tmp/log\&.txt\fR
 | 
						|
.fi
 | 
						|
.if n \{\
 | 
						|
.RE
 | 
						|
.\}
 | 
						|
.sp
 | 
						|
You can also pass any options for the program that you want to use as your pager:
 | 
						|
.sp
 | 
						|
.if n \{\
 | 
						|
.RS 4
 | 
						|
.\}
 | 
						|
.nf
 | 
						|
mariadb> \fBpager less \-n \-i \-S\fR
 | 
						|
.fi
 | 
						|
.if n \{\
 | 
						|
.RE
 | 
						|
.\}
 | 
						|
.RE
 | 
						|
.sp
 | 
						|
.RS 4
 | 
						|
.ie n \{\
 | 
						|
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
 | 
						|
.\}
 | 
						|
.el \{\
 | 
						|
.sp -1
 | 
						|
.IP \(bu 2.3
 | 
						|
.\}
 | 
						|
In the preceding example, note the
 | 
						|
\fB\-S\fR
 | 
						|
option\&. You may find it very useful for browsing wide query results\&. Sometimes a very wide result set is difficult to read on the screen\&. The
 | 
						|
\fB\-S\fR
 | 
						|
option to
 | 
						|
\fBless\fR
 | 
						|
can make the result set much more readable because you can scroll it horizontally using the left\-arrow and right\-arrow keys\&. You can also use
 | 
						|
\fB\-S\fR
 | 
						|
interactively within
 | 
						|
\fBless\fR
 | 
						|
to switch the horizontal\-browse mode on and off\&. For more information, read the
 | 
						|
\fBless\fR
 | 
						|
manual page:
 | 
						|
.sp
 | 
						|
.if n \{\
 | 
						|
.RS 4
 | 
						|
.\}
 | 
						|
.nf
 | 
						|
shell> \fBman less\fR
 | 
						|
.fi
 | 
						|
.if n \{\
 | 
						|
.RE
 | 
						|
.\}
 | 
						|
.RE
 | 
						|
.sp
 | 
						|
.RS 4
 | 
						|
.ie n \{\
 | 
						|
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
 | 
						|
.\}
 | 
						|
.el \{\
 | 
						|
.sp -1
 | 
						|
.IP \(bu 2.3
 | 
						|
.\}
 | 
						|
The
 | 
						|
\fB\-F\fR
 | 
						|
and
 | 
						|
\fB\-X\fR
 | 
						|
options may be used with
 | 
						|
\fBless\fR
 | 
						|
to cause it to exit if output fits on one screen, which is convenient when no scrolling is necessary:
 | 
						|
.sp
 | 
						|
.if n \{\
 | 
						|
.RS 4
 | 
						|
.\}
 | 
						|
.nf
 | 
						|
mariadb> \fBpager less \-n \-i \-S \-F \-X\fR
 | 
						|
.fi
 | 
						|
.if n \{\
 | 
						|
.RE
 | 
						|
.\}
 | 
						|
.RE
 | 
						|
.sp
 | 
						|
.RS 4
 | 
						|
.ie n \{\
 | 
						|
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
 | 
						|
.\}
 | 
						|
.el \{\
 | 
						|
.sp -1
 | 
						|
.IP \(bu 2.3
 | 
						|
.\}
 | 
						|
You can specify very complex pager commands for handling query output:
 | 
						|
.sp
 | 
						|
.if n \{\
 | 
						|
.RS 4
 | 
						|
.\}
 | 
						|
.nf
 | 
						|
mariadb> \fBpager cat | tee /dr1/tmp/res\&.txt \e\fR
 | 
						|
          \fB| tee /dr2/tmp/res2\&.txt | less \-n \-i \-S\fR
 | 
						|
.fi
 | 
						|
.if n \{\
 | 
						|
.RE
 | 
						|
.\}
 | 
						|
.sp
 | 
						|
In this example, the command would send query results to two files in two different directories on two different file systems mounted on
 | 
						|
/dr1
 | 
						|
and
 | 
						|
/dr2, yet still display the results onscreen via
 | 
						|
\fBless\fR\&.
 | 
						|
.RE
 | 
						|
.PP
 | 
						|
You can also combine the
 | 
						|
\fBtee\fR
 | 
						|
and
 | 
						|
\fBpager\fR
 | 
						|
functions\&. Have a
 | 
						|
\fBtee\fR
 | 
						|
file enabled and
 | 
						|
\fBpager\fR
 | 
						|
set to
 | 
						|
\fBless\fR, and you are able to browse the results using the
 | 
						|
\fBless\fR
 | 
						|
program and still have everything appended into a file the same time\&. The difference between the Unix
 | 
						|
\fBtee\fR
 | 
						|
used with the
 | 
						|
\fBpager\fR
 | 
						|
command and the
 | 
						|
\fBmariadb\fR
 | 
						|
built\-in
 | 
						|
\fBtee\fR
 | 
						|
command is that the built\-in
 | 
						|
\fBtee\fR
 | 
						|
works even if you do not have the Unix
 | 
						|
\fBtee\fR
 | 
						|
available\&. The built\-in
 | 
						|
\fBtee\fR
 | 
						|
also logs everything that is printed on the screen, whereas the Unix
 | 
						|
\fBtee\fR
 | 
						|
used with
 | 
						|
\fBpager\fR
 | 
						|
does not log quite that much\&. Additionally,
 | 
						|
\fBtee\fR
 | 
						|
file logging can be turned on and off interactively from within
 | 
						|
\fBmariadb\fR\&. This is useful when you want to log some queries to a file, but not others\&.
 | 
						|
.\" mariadb prompt command
 | 
						|
.PP
 | 
						|
The
 | 
						|
\fBprompt\fR
 | 
						|
command reconfigures the default
 | 
						|
mariadb>
 | 
						|
prompt\&. The string for defining the prompt can contain the following special sequences\&.
 | 
						|
.TS
 | 
						|
allbox tab(:);
 | 
						|
l l
 | 
						|
l l
 | 
						|
l l
 | 
						|
l l
 | 
						|
l l
 | 
						|
l l
 | 
						|
l l
 | 
						|
l l
 | 
						|
l l
 | 
						|
l l
 | 
						|
l l
 | 
						|
l l
 | 
						|
l l
 | 
						|
l l
 | 
						|
l l
 | 
						|
l l
 | 
						|
l l
 | 
						|
l l
 | 
						|
l l
 | 
						|
l l
 | 
						|
l l
 | 
						|
l l
 | 
						|
l l
 | 
						|
l l
 | 
						|
l l
 | 
						|
l l
 | 
						|
l l
 | 
						|
l l
 | 
						|
l l.
 | 
						|
T{
 | 
						|
\fBOption\fR
 | 
						|
T}:T{
 | 
						|
\fBDescription\fR
 | 
						|
T}
 | 
						|
T{
 | 
						|
\ec
 | 
						|
T}:T{
 | 
						|
A counter that increments for each statement you issue
 | 
						|
T}
 | 
						|
T{
 | 
						|
\eD
 | 
						|
T}:T{
 | 
						|
The full current date
 | 
						|
T}
 | 
						|
T{
 | 
						|
\ed
 | 
						|
T}:T{
 | 
						|
The default database
 | 
						|
T}
 | 
						|
T{
 | 
						|
\eh
 | 
						|
T}:T{
 | 
						|
The server host
 | 
						|
T}
 | 
						|
T{
 | 
						|
\el
 | 
						|
T}:T{
 | 
						|
The current delimiter (new in 5\&.1\&.12)
 | 
						|
T}
 | 
						|
T{
 | 
						|
\em
 | 
						|
T}:T{
 | 
						|
Minutes of the current time
 | 
						|
T}
 | 
						|
T{
 | 
						|
\en
 | 
						|
T}:T{
 | 
						|
A newline character
 | 
						|
T}
 | 
						|
T{
 | 
						|
\eO
 | 
						|
T}:T{
 | 
						|
The current month in three\-letter format (Jan, Feb, \&...)
 | 
						|
T}
 | 
						|
T{
 | 
						|
\eo
 | 
						|
T}:T{
 | 
						|
The current month in numeric format
 | 
						|
T}
 | 
						|
T{
 | 
						|
\eP
 | 
						|
T}:T{
 | 
						|
am/pm
 | 
						|
T}
 | 
						|
T{
 | 
						|
\ep
 | 
						|
T}:T{
 | 
						|
The current TCP/IP port or socket file
 | 
						|
T}
 | 
						|
T{
 | 
						|
\eR
 | 
						|
T}:T{
 | 
						|
The current time, in 24\-hour military time (0\(en23)
 | 
						|
T}
 | 
						|
T{
 | 
						|
\er
 | 
						|
T}:T{
 | 
						|
The current time, standard 12\-hour time (1\(en12)
 | 
						|
T}
 | 
						|
T{
 | 
						|
\eS
 | 
						|
T}:T{
 | 
						|
Semicolon
 | 
						|
T}
 | 
						|
T{
 | 
						|
\es
 | 
						|
T}:T{
 | 
						|
Seconds of the current time
 | 
						|
T}
 | 
						|
T{
 | 
						|
\et
 | 
						|
T}:T{
 | 
						|
A tab character
 | 
						|
T}
 | 
						|
T{
 | 
						|
\eU
 | 
						|
T}:T{
 | 
						|
.PP
 | 
						|
Your full
 | 
						|
\fIuser_name\fR@\fIhost_name\fR
 | 
						|
account name
 | 
						|
T}
 | 
						|
T{
 | 
						|
\eu
 | 
						|
T}:T{
 | 
						|
Your user name
 | 
						|
T}
 | 
						|
T{
 | 
						|
\ev
 | 
						|
T}:T{
 | 
						|
The server version
 | 
						|
T}
 | 
						|
T{
 | 
						|
\ew
 | 
						|
T}:T{
 | 
						|
The current day of the week in three\-letter format (Mon, Tue, \&...)
 | 
						|
T}
 | 
						|
T{
 | 
						|
\eY
 | 
						|
T}:T{
 | 
						|
The current year, four digits
 | 
						|
T}
 | 
						|
T{
 | 
						|
\ey
 | 
						|
T}:T{
 | 
						|
The current year, two digits
 | 
						|
T}
 | 
						|
T{
 | 
						|
\e_
 | 
						|
T}:T{
 | 
						|
A space
 | 
						|
T}
 | 
						|
T{
 | 
						|
\e\ \&
 | 
						|
T}:T{
 | 
						|
A space (a space follows the backslash)
 | 
						|
T}
 | 
						|
T{
 | 
						|
\e'
 | 
						|
T}:T{
 | 
						|
Single quote
 | 
						|
T}
 | 
						|
T{
 | 
						|
\e"
 | 
						|
T}:T{
 | 
						|
Double quote
 | 
						|
T}
 | 
						|
T{
 | 
						|
\e\e
 | 
						|
T}:T{
 | 
						|
A literal \(lq\e\(rq backslash character
 | 
						|
T}
 | 
						|
T{
 | 
						|
\e\fIx\fR
 | 
						|
T}:T{
 | 
						|
.PP
 | 
						|
\fIx\fR, for any
 | 
						|
\(lq\fIx\fR\(rq
 | 
						|
not listed above
 | 
						|
T}
 | 
						|
.TE
 | 
						|
.sp 1
 | 
						|
.PP
 | 
						|
You can set the prompt in several ways:
 | 
						|
.sp
 | 
						|
.RS 4
 | 
						|
.ie n \{\
 | 
						|
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
 | 
						|
.\}
 | 
						|
.el \{\
 | 
						|
.sp -1
 | 
						|
.IP \(bu 2.3
 | 
						|
.\}
 | 
						|
\fIUse an environment variable\&.\fR
 | 
						|
You can set the
 | 
						|
MYSQL_PS1
 | 
						|
environment variable to a prompt string\&. For example:
 | 
						|
.sp
 | 
						|
.if n \{\
 | 
						|
.RS 4
 | 
						|
.\}
 | 
						|
.nf
 | 
						|
shell> \fBexport MYSQL_PS1="(\eu@\eh) [\ed]> "\fR
 | 
						|
.fi
 | 
						|
.if n \{\
 | 
						|
.RE
 | 
						|
.\}
 | 
						|
.RE
 | 
						|
.sp
 | 
						|
.RS 4
 | 
						|
.ie n \{\
 | 
						|
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
 | 
						|
.\}
 | 
						|
.el \{\
 | 
						|
.sp -1
 | 
						|
.IP \(bu 2.3
 | 
						|
.\}
 | 
						|
\fIUse a command\-line option\&.\fR
 | 
						|
You can set the
 | 
						|
\fB\-\-prompt\fR
 | 
						|
option on the command line to
 | 
						|
\fBmariadb\fR\&. For example:
 | 
						|
.sp
 | 
						|
.if n \{\
 | 
						|
.RS 4
 | 
						|
.\}
 | 
						|
.nf
 | 
						|
shell> \fBmariadb \-\-prompt="(\eu@\eh) [\ed]> "\fR
 | 
						|
(user@host) [database]>
 | 
						|
.fi
 | 
						|
.if n \{\
 | 
						|
.RE
 | 
						|
.\}
 | 
						|
.RE
 | 
						|
.sp
 | 
						|
.RS 4
 | 
						|
.ie n \{\
 | 
						|
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
 | 
						|
.\}
 | 
						|
.el \{\
 | 
						|
.sp -1
 | 
						|
.IP \(bu 2.3
 | 
						|
.\}
 | 
						|
\fIUse an option file\&.\fR
 | 
						|
You can set the
 | 
						|
prompt
 | 
						|
option in the
 | 
						|
[mariadb]
 | 
						|
group of any MariaDB option file, such as
 | 
						|
/etc/my\&.cnf
 | 
						|
or the
 | 
						|
\&.my\&.cnf
 | 
						|
file in your home directory\&. For example:
 | 
						|
.sp
 | 
						|
.if n \{\
 | 
						|
.RS 4
 | 
						|
.\}
 | 
						|
.nf
 | 
						|
[mariadb]
 | 
						|
prompt=(\e\eu@\e\eh) [\e\ed]>\e\e_
 | 
						|
.fi
 | 
						|
.if n \{\
 | 
						|
.RE
 | 
						|
.\}
 | 
						|
.sp
 | 
						|
In this example, note that the backslashes are doubled\&. If you set the prompt using the
 | 
						|
prompt
 | 
						|
option in an option file, it is advisable to double the backslashes when using the special prompt options\&. There is some overlap in the set of allowable prompt options and the set of special escape sequences that are recognized in option files\&. The overlap may cause you problems if you use single backslashes\&. For example,
 | 
						|
\es
 | 
						|
is interpreted as a space rather than as the current seconds value\&. The following example shows how to define a prompt within an option file to include the current time in
 | 
						|
HH:MM:SS>
 | 
						|
format:
 | 
						|
.sp
 | 
						|
.if n \{\
 | 
						|
.RS 4
 | 
						|
.\}
 | 
						|
.nf
 | 
						|
[mariadb]
 | 
						|
prompt="\e\er:\e\em:\e\es> "
 | 
						|
.fi
 | 
						|
.if n \{\
 | 
						|
.RE
 | 
						|
.\}
 | 
						|
.RE
 | 
						|
.sp
 | 
						|
.RS 4
 | 
						|
.ie n \{\
 | 
						|
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
 | 
						|
.\}
 | 
						|
.el \{\
 | 
						|
.sp -1
 | 
						|
.IP \(bu 2.3
 | 
						|
.\}
 | 
						|
\fISet the prompt interactively\&.\fR
 | 
						|
You can change your prompt interactively by using the
 | 
						|
prompt
 | 
						|
(or
 | 
						|
\eR) command\&. For example:
 | 
						|
.sp
 | 
						|
.if n \{\
 | 
						|
.RS 4
 | 
						|
.\}
 | 
						|
.nf
 | 
						|
mariadb> \fBprompt (\eu@\eh) [\ed]>\e_\fR
 | 
						|
PROMPT set to '(\eu@\eh) [\ed]>\e_'
 | 
						|
(\fIuser\fR@\fIhost\fR) [\fIdatabase\fR]>
 | 
						|
(\fIuser\fR@\fIhost\fR) [\fIdatabase\fR]> prompt
 | 
						|
Returning to default PROMPT of mariadb>
 | 
						|
mariadb>
 | 
						|
.fi
 | 
						|
.if n \{\
 | 
						|
.RE
 | 
						|
.\}
 | 
						|
.RE
 | 
						|
.SH "MARIADB SERVER-SIDE HELP"
 | 
						|
.sp
 | 
						|
.if n \{\
 | 
						|
.RS 4
 | 
						|
.\}
 | 
						|
.nf
 | 
						|
mariadb> \fBhelp \fR\fB\fIsearch_string\fR\fR
 | 
						|
.fi
 | 
						|
.if n \{\
 | 
						|
.RE
 | 
						|
.\}
 | 
						|
.PP
 | 
						|
If you provide an argument to the
 | 
						|
help
 | 
						|
command,
 | 
						|
\fBmariadb\fR
 | 
						|
uses it as a search string to access server\-side help\&. The proper operation of this command requires that the help tables in the
 | 
						|
mysql
 | 
						|
database be initialized with help topic information.
 | 
						|
.PP
 | 
						|
If there is no match for the search string, the search fails:
 | 
						|
.sp
 | 
						|
.if n \{\
 | 
						|
.RS 4
 | 
						|
.\}
 | 
						|
.nf
 | 
						|
mariadb> \fBhelp me\fR
 | 
						|
Nothing found
 | 
						|
Please try to run 'help contents' for a list of all accessible topics
 | 
						|
.fi
 | 
						|
.if n \{\
 | 
						|
.RE
 | 
						|
.\}
 | 
						|
.PP
 | 
						|
Use
 | 
						|
\fBhelp contents\fR
 | 
						|
to see a list of the help categories:
 | 
						|
.sp
 | 
						|
.if n \{\
 | 
						|
.RS 4
 | 
						|
.\}
 | 
						|
.nf
 | 
						|
mariadb> \fBhelp contents\fR
 | 
						|
You asked for help about help category: "Contents"
 | 
						|
For more information, type 'help <item>', where <item> is one of the
 | 
						|
following categories:
 | 
						|
   Account Management
 | 
						|
   Administration
 | 
						|
   Data Definition
 | 
						|
   Data Manipulation
 | 
						|
   Data Types
 | 
						|
   Functions
 | 
						|
   Functions and Modifiers for Use with GROUP BY
 | 
						|
   Geographic Features
 | 
						|
   Language Structure
 | 
						|
   Plugins
 | 
						|
   Storage Engines
 | 
						|
   Stored Routines
 | 
						|
   Table Maintenance
 | 
						|
   Transactions
 | 
						|
   Triggers
 | 
						|
.fi
 | 
						|
.if n \{\
 | 
						|
.RE
 | 
						|
.\}
 | 
						|
.PP
 | 
						|
If the search string matches multiple items,
 | 
						|
\fBmariadb\fR
 | 
						|
shows a list of matching topics:
 | 
						|
.sp
 | 
						|
.if n \{\
 | 
						|
.RS 4
 | 
						|
.\}
 | 
						|
.nf
 | 
						|
mariadb> \fBhelp logs\fR
 | 
						|
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:
 | 
						|
   SHOW
 | 
						|
   SHOW BINARY LOGS
 | 
						|
   SHOW ENGINE
 | 
						|
   SHOW LOGS
 | 
						|
.fi
 | 
						|
.if n \{\
 | 
						|
.RE
 | 
						|
.\}
 | 
						|
.PP
 | 
						|
Use a topic as the search string to see the help entry for that topic:
 | 
						|
.sp
 | 
						|
.if n \{\
 | 
						|
.RS 4
 | 
						|
.\}
 | 
						|
.nf
 | 
						|
mariadb> \fBhelp show binary logs\fR
 | 
						|
Name: 'SHOW BINARY LOGS'
 | 
						|
Description:
 | 
						|
Syntax:
 | 
						|
SHOW BINARY LOGS
 | 
						|
SHOW MASTER LOGS
 | 
						|
Lists the binary log files on the server\&. This statement is used as
 | 
						|
part of the procedure described in [purge\-binary\-logs], that shows how
 | 
						|
to determine which logs can be purged\&.
 | 
						|
mariadb> SHOW BINARY LOGS;
 | 
						|
+\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-+\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-+
 | 
						|
| Log_name      | File_size |
 | 
						|
+\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-+\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-+
 | 
						|
| binlog\&.000015 |    724935 |
 | 
						|
| binlog\&.000016 |    733481 |
 | 
						|
+\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-+\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-+
 | 
						|
.fi
 | 
						|
.if n \{\
 | 
						|
.RE
 | 
						|
.\}
 | 
						|
.SH "EXECUTING SQL STATEMENTS FROM A TEXT FILE"
 | 
						|
.\" executing SQL statements from text files
 | 
						|
.\" importing: data
 | 
						|
.\" data: importing
 | 
						|
.\" files: text
 | 
						|
.\" text files: importing
 | 
						|
.\" source (mariadb client command)
 | 
						|
.\" \. (mariadb client command)
 | 
						|
.\" mariadb source (command for reading from text files)
 | 
						|
.\" mariadb \. (command for reading from text files)
 | 
						|
.PP
 | 
						|
The
 | 
						|
\fBmariadb\fR
 | 
						|
client typically is used interactively, like this:
 | 
						|
.sp
 | 
						|
.if n \{\
 | 
						|
.RS 4
 | 
						|
.\}
 | 
						|
.nf
 | 
						|
shell> \fBmariadb \fR\fB\fIdb_name\fR\fR
 | 
						|
.fi
 | 
						|
.if n \{\
 | 
						|
.RE
 | 
						|
.\}
 | 
						|
.PP
 | 
						|
However, it is also possible to put your SQL statements in a file and then tell
 | 
						|
\fBmariadb\fR
 | 
						|
to read its input from that file\&. To do so, create a text file
 | 
						|
\fItext_file\fR
 | 
						|
that contains the statements you wish to execute\&. Then invoke
 | 
						|
\fBmariadb\fR
 | 
						|
as shown here:
 | 
						|
.sp
 | 
						|
.if n \{\
 | 
						|
.RS 4
 | 
						|
.\}
 | 
						|
.nf
 | 
						|
shell> \fBmariadb \fR\fB\fIdb_name\fR\fR\fB < \fR\fB\fItext_file\fR\fR
 | 
						|
.fi
 | 
						|
.if n \{\
 | 
						|
.RE
 | 
						|
.\}
 | 
						|
.PP
 | 
						|
If you place a
 | 
						|
USE \fIdb_name\fR
 | 
						|
statement as the first statement in the file, it is unnecessary to specify the database name on the command line:
 | 
						|
.sp
 | 
						|
.if n \{\
 | 
						|
.RS 4
 | 
						|
.\}
 | 
						|
.nf
 | 
						|
shell> \fBmariadb < text_file\fR
 | 
						|
.fi
 | 
						|
.if n \{\
 | 
						|
.RE
 | 
						|
.\}
 | 
						|
.PP
 | 
						|
If you are already running
 | 
						|
\fBmariadb\fR, you can execute an SQL script file using the
 | 
						|
source
 | 
						|
command or
 | 
						|
\e\&.
 | 
						|
command:
 | 
						|
.sp
 | 
						|
.if n \{\
 | 
						|
.RS 4
 | 
						|
.\}
 | 
						|
.nf
 | 
						|
mariadb> \fBsource \fR\fB\fIfile_name\fR\fR
 | 
						|
mariadb> \fB\e\&. \fR\fB\fIfile_name\fR\fR
 | 
						|
.fi
 | 
						|
.if n \{\
 | 
						|
.RE
 | 
						|
.\}
 | 
						|
.PP
 | 
						|
Sometimes you may want your script to display progress information to the user\&. For this you can insert statements like this:
 | 
						|
.sp
 | 
						|
.if n \{\
 | 
						|
.RS 4
 | 
						|
.\}
 | 
						|
.nf
 | 
						|
SELECT '<info_to_display>' AS ' ';
 | 
						|
.fi
 | 
						|
.if n \{\
 | 
						|
.RE
 | 
						|
.\}
 | 
						|
.PP
 | 
						|
The statement shown outputs
 | 
						|
<info_to_display>\&.
 | 
						|
.PP
 | 
						|
You can also invoke
 | 
						|
\fBmariadb\fR
 | 
						|
with the
 | 
						|
\fB\-\-verbose\fR
 | 
						|
option, which causes each statement to be displayed before the result that it produces\&.
 | 
						|
.PP
 | 
						|
\fBmariadb\fR
 | 
						|
ignores Unicode byte order mark (BOM) characters at the beginning of input files\&. Presence of a BOM does not cause
 | 
						|
\fBmariadb\fR
 | 
						|
to change its default character set\&. To do that, invoke
 | 
						|
\fBmariadb\fR
 | 
						|
with an option such as
 | 
						|
\fB\-\-default\-character\-set=utf8\fR\&.
 | 
						|
.PP
 | 
						|
.SH "MARIADB TIPS"
 | 
						|
.PP
 | 
						|
This section describes some techniques that can help you use
 | 
						|
\fBmariadb\fR
 | 
						|
more effectively\&.
 | 
						|
.SS "Displaying Query Results Vertically"
 | 
						|
.PP
 | 
						|
Some query results are much more readable when displayed vertically, instead of in the usual horizontal table format\&. Queries can be displayed vertically by terminating the query with \eG instead of a semicolon\&. For example, longer text values that include newlines often are much easier to read with vertical output:
 | 
						|
.sp
 | 
						|
.if n \{\
 | 
						|
.RS 4
 | 
						|
.\}
 | 
						|
.nf
 | 
						|
mariadb> \fBSELECT * FROM mails WHERE LENGTH(txt) < 300 LIMIT 300,1\eG\fR
 | 
						|
*************************** 1\&. row ***************************
 | 
						|
  msg_nro: 3068
 | 
						|
     date: 2000\-03\-01 23:29:50
 | 
						|
time_zone: +0200
 | 
						|
mail_from: Monty
 | 
						|
    reply: monty@no\&.spam\&.com
 | 
						|
  mail_to: "Thimble Smith" <tim@no\&.spam\&.com>
 | 
						|
      sbj: UTF\-8
 | 
						|
      txt: >>>>> "Thimble" == Thimble Smith writes:
 | 
						|
Thimble> Hi\&.  I think this is a good idea\&.  Is anyone familiar
 | 
						|
Thimble> with UTF\-8 or Unicode? Otherwise, I'll put this on my
 | 
						|
Thimble> TODO list and see what happens\&.
 | 
						|
Yes, please do that\&.
 | 
						|
Regards,
 | 
						|
Monty
 | 
						|
     file: inbox\-jani\-1
 | 
						|
     hash: 190402944
 | 
						|
1 row in set (0\&.09 sec)
 | 
						|
.fi
 | 
						|
.if n \{\
 | 
						|
.RE
 | 
						|
.\}
 | 
						|
.SS "Using the \-\-safe\-updates Option"
 | 
						|
.\" safe-updates option
 | 
						|
.PP
 | 
						|
For beginners, a useful startup option is
 | 
						|
\fB\-\-safe\-updates\fR
 | 
						|
(or
 | 
						|
\fB\-\-i\-am\-a\-dummy\fR, which has the same effect)\&. It is helpful for cases when you might have issued a
 | 
						|
DELETE FROM \fItbl_name\fR
 | 
						|
statement but forgotten the
 | 
						|
WHERE
 | 
						|
clause\&. Normally, such a statement deletes all rows from the table\&. With
 | 
						|
\fB\-\-safe\-updates\fR, you can delete rows only by specifying the key values that identify them\&. This helps prevent accidents\&.
 | 
						|
.PP
 | 
						|
When you use the
 | 
						|
\fB\-\-safe\-updates\fR
 | 
						|
option,
 | 
						|
\fBmariadb\fR
 | 
						|
issues the following statement when it connects to the MariaDB server:
 | 
						|
.sp
 | 
						|
.if n \{\
 | 
						|
.RS 4
 | 
						|
.\}
 | 
						|
.nf
 | 
						|
SET sql_safe_updates=1, sql_select_limit=1000, sql_max_join_size=1000000;
 | 
						|
.fi
 | 
						|
.if n \{\
 | 
						|
.RE
 | 
						|
.\}
 | 
						|
.PP
 | 
						|
The
 | 
						|
SET
 | 
						|
statement has the following effects:
 | 
						|
.sp
 | 
						|
.RS 4
 | 
						|
.ie n \{\
 | 
						|
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
 | 
						|
.\}
 | 
						|
.el \{\
 | 
						|
.sp -1
 | 
						|
.IP \(bu 2.3
 | 
						|
.\}
 | 
						|
You are not allowed to execute an
 | 
						|
UPDATE
 | 
						|
or
 | 
						|
DELETE
 | 
						|
statement unless you specify a key constraint in the
 | 
						|
WHERE
 | 
						|
clause or provide a
 | 
						|
LIMIT
 | 
						|
clause (or both)\&. For example:
 | 
						|
.sp
 | 
						|
.if n \{\
 | 
						|
.RS 4
 | 
						|
.\}
 | 
						|
.nf
 | 
						|
UPDATE \fItbl_name\fR SET \fInot_key_column\fR=\fIval\fR WHERE \fIkey_column\fR=\fIval\fR;
 | 
						|
UPDATE \fItbl_name\fR SET \fInot_key_column\fR=\fIval\fR LIMIT 1;
 | 
						|
.fi
 | 
						|
.if n \{\
 | 
						|
.RE
 | 
						|
.\}
 | 
						|
.RE
 | 
						|
.sp
 | 
						|
.RS 4
 | 
						|
.ie n \{\
 | 
						|
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
 | 
						|
.\}
 | 
						|
.el \{\
 | 
						|
.sp -1
 | 
						|
.IP \(bu 2.3
 | 
						|
.\}
 | 
						|
The server limits all large
 | 
						|
SELECT
 | 
						|
results to 1,000 rows unless the statement includes a
 | 
						|
LIMIT
 | 
						|
clause\&.
 | 
						|
.RE
 | 
						|
.sp
 | 
						|
.RS 4
 | 
						|
.ie n \{\
 | 
						|
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
 | 
						|
.\}
 | 
						|
.el \{\
 | 
						|
.sp -1
 | 
						|
.IP \(bu 2.3
 | 
						|
.\}
 | 
						|
The server aborts multiple\-table
 | 
						|
SELECT
 | 
						|
statements that probably need to examine more than 1,000,000 row combinations\&.
 | 
						|
.RE
 | 
						|
.PP
 | 
						|
To specify limits different from 1,000 and 1,000,000, you can override the defaults by using the
 | 
						|
\fB\-\-select\-limit\fR
 | 
						|
and
 | 
						|
\fB\-\-max\-join\-size\fR
 | 
						|
options:
 | 
						|
.sp
 | 
						|
.if n \{\
 | 
						|
.RS 4
 | 
						|
.\}
 | 
						|
.nf
 | 
						|
shell> \fBmariadb \-\-safe\-updates \-\-select\-limit=500 \-\-max\-join\-size=10000\fR
 | 
						|
.fi
 | 
						|
.if n \{\
 | 
						|
.RE
 | 
						|
.\}
 | 
						|
.SS "Disabling mariadb Auto\-Reconnect"
 | 
						|
.PP
 | 
						|
If the
 | 
						|
\fBmariadb\fR
 | 
						|
client loses its connection to the server while sending a statement, it immediately and automatically tries to reconnect once to the server and send the statement again\&. However, even if
 | 
						|
\fBmariadb\fR
 | 
						|
succeeds in reconnecting, your first connection has ended and all your previous session objects and settings are lost: temporary tables, the autocommit mode, and user\-defined and session variables\&. Also, any current transaction rolls back\&. This behavior may be dangerous for you, as in the following example where the server was shut down and restarted between the first and second statements without you knowing it:
 | 
						|
.sp
 | 
						|
.if n \{\
 | 
						|
.RS 4
 | 
						|
.\}
 | 
						|
.nf
 | 
						|
mariadb> \fBSET @a=1;\fR
 | 
						|
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0\&.05 sec)
 | 
						|
mariadb> \fBINSERT INTO t VALUES(@a);\fR
 | 
						|
ERROR 2006: MariaDB server has gone away
 | 
						|
No connection\&. Trying to reconnect\&.\&.\&.
 | 
						|
Connection id:    1
 | 
						|
Current database: test
 | 
						|
Query OK, 1 row affected (1\&.30 sec)
 | 
						|
mariadb> \fBSELECT * FROM t;\fR
 | 
						|
+\-\-\-\-\-\-+
 | 
						|
| a    |
 | 
						|
+\-\-\-\-\-\-+
 | 
						|
| NULL |
 | 
						|
+\-\-\-\-\-\-+
 | 
						|
1 row in set (0\&.05 sec)
 | 
						|
.fi
 | 
						|
.if n \{\
 | 
						|
.RE
 | 
						|
.\}
 | 
						|
.PP
 | 
						|
The
 | 
						|
@a
 | 
						|
user variable has been lost with the connection, and after the reconnection it is undefined\&. If it is important to have
 | 
						|
\fBmariadb\fR
 | 
						|
terminate with an error if the connection has been lost, you can start the
 | 
						|
\fBmariadb\fR
 | 
						|
client with the
 | 
						|
\fB\-\-skip\-reconnect\fR
 | 
						|
option\&.
 | 
						|
.PP
 | 
						|
.SH "COPYRIGHT"
 | 
						|
.br
 | 
						|
.PP
 | 
						|
Copyright 2007-2008 MySQL AB, 2008-2010 Sun Microsystems, Inc., 2010-2024 MariaDB Foundation
 | 
						|
.PP
 | 
						|
This documentation is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it only under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; version 2 of the License.
 | 
						|
.PP
 | 
						|
This documentation is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.
 | 
						|
.PP
 | 
						|
You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with the program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1335 USA or see http://www.gnu.org/licenses/.
 | 
						|
.sp
 | 
						|
.SH "NOTES"
 | 
						|
.IP " 1." 4
 | 
						|
Bug#25946
 | 
						|
.RS 4
 | 
						|
\%http://bugs.mysql.com/bug.php?id=25946
 | 
						|
.RE
 | 
						|
.SH "SEE ALSO"
 | 
						|
For more information, please refer to the MariaDB Knowledge Base, available online at https://mariadb.com/kb/
 | 
						|
.SH AUTHOR
 | 
						|
MariaDB Foundation (http://www.mariadb.org/).
 |