mariadb/man/mysqlshow.1
Otto Kekäläinen 6f955c262a Fix syntax FB/FR -> fB/fR and bump version to 10.11 in man pages
For the sake of readable diffs this change is done separately from the
previous commit and it changes all man page headers to:

- Use correct syntax \fB and \fR to make titles bold instead of previous
  capitalized version that had no effect
- Omit unnecessary \&. syntax, works fine without it
- Bump version to 10.11

Ideally the version would automatically be inherited from the
build/release, but for now at least update it manually to match what is
in the VERSION file of this release branch.

All new code of the whole pull request, including one or several files
that are either new files or modified ones, are contributed under the
BSD-new license. I am contributing on behalf of my employer Amazon Web
Services, Inc.
2023-07-24 13:37:55 +10:00

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.TH "\fBMARIADB-SHOW\fR" "1" "15 May 2020" "MariaDB 10.11" "MariaDB Database System"
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.\" mysqlshow
.\" databases: displaying
.\" displaying: database information
.\" tables: displaying
.\" columns: displaying
.\" showing: database information
.SH "NAME"
mariadb-show \- display database, table, and column information (mysqlshow is now a symlink to mariadb-show)
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
.HP \w'\fBmysqlshow\ [\fR\fB\fIoptions\fR\fR\fB]\ [\fR\fB\fIdb_name\fR\fR\fB\ [\fR\fB\fItbl_name\fR\fR\fB\ [\fR\fB\fIcol_name\fR\fR\fB]]]\fR\ 'u
\fBmysqlshow [\fR\fB\fIoptions\fR\fR\fB] [\fR\fB\fIdb_name\fR\fR\fB [\fR\fB\fItbl_name\fR\fR\fB [\fR\fB\fIcol_name\fR\fR\fB]]]\fR
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.PP
The
\fBmysqlshow\fR
client can be used to quickly see which databases exist, their tables, or a table's columns or indexes\&.
.PP
\fBmysqlshow\fR
provides a command\-line interface to several SQL
SHOW
statements\&. The same information can be obtained by using those statements directly\&. For example, you can issue them from the
\fBmysql\fR
client program\&.
.PP
Invoke
\fBmysqlshow\fR
like this:
.sp
.if n \{\
.RS 4
.\}
.nf
shell> \fBmysqlshow [\fR\fB\fIoptions\fR\fR\fB] [\fR\fB\fIdb_name\fR\fR\fB [\fR\fB\fItbl_name\fR\fR\fB [\fR\fB\fIcol_name\fR\fR\fB]]]\fR
.fi
.if n \{\
.RE
.\}
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
If no database is given, a list of database names is shown\&.
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
If no table is given, all matching tables in the database are shown\&.
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
If no column is given, all matching columns and column types in the table are shown\&.
.RE
.PP
The output displays only the names of those databases, tables, or columns for which you have some privileges\&.
.PP
If the last argument contains shell or SQL wildcard characters (\(lq*\(rq,
\(lq?\(rq,
\(lq%\(rq, or
\(lq_\(rq), only those names that are matched by the wildcard are shown\&. If a database name contains any underscores, those should be escaped with a backslash (some Unix shells require two) to get a list of the proper tables or columns\&.
\(lq*\(rq
and
\(lq?\(rq
characters are converted into SQL
\(lq%\(rq
and
\(lq_\(rq
wildcard characters\&. This might cause some confusion when you try to display the columns for a table with a
\(lq_\(rq
in the name, because in this case,
\fBmysqlshow\fR
shows you only the table names that match the pattern\&. This is easily fixed by adding an extra
\(lq%\(rq
last on the command line as a separate argument\&.
.PP
\fBmysqlshow\fR
supports the following options, which can be specified on the command line or in the
[mysqlshow]
and
[client]
option file groups\&.
\fBmysqlshow\fR
also supports the options for processing option files described.
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
.\" mysqlshow: help option
.\" help option: mysqlshow
\fB\-\-help\fR,
\fB\-?\fR
.sp
Display a help message and exit\&.
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
.\" mysqlshow: character-sets-dir option
.\" character-sets-dir option: mysqlshow
\fB\-\-character\-sets\-dir=\fR\fB\fIpath\fR\fR,
\fB\-c\fR \fIpath\fR\fR
.sp
The directory where character sets are installed\&.
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
.\" mysqlshow: compress option
.\" compress option: mysqlshow
\fB\-\-compress\fR,
\fB\-C\fR
.sp
Compress all information sent between the client and the server if both support compression\&.
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
.\" mysqlshow: count option
.\" count option: mysqlshow
\fB\-\-count\fR
.sp
Show the number of rows per table\&. This can be slow for non\-MyISAM
tables\&.
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
.\" mysqlshow: debug option
.\" debug option: mysqlshow
\fB\-\-debug[=\fR\fB\fIdebug_options\fR\fR\fB]\fR,
\fB\-# [\fR\fB\fIdebug_options\fR\fR\fB]\fR
.sp
Write a debugging log\&. A typical
\fIdebug_options\fR
string is 'd:t:o,\fIfile_name\fR'. The default is 'd:t:o'.
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
.\" mysqlshow: debug-check option
.\" debug-check option: mysqlshow
\fB\-\-debug\-check\fR
.sp
Print some debugging information when the program exits\&.
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
.\" mysqlshow: debug-info option
.\" debug-info option: mysqlshow
\fB\-\-debug\-info\fR
.sp
Print debugging information and memory and CPU usage statistics when the program exits\&.
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
.\" mysqlshow: default-auth option
.\" default-auth option: mysqlshow
\fB\-\-default\-auth=\fR\fB\fIname\fR
.sp
Default authentication client-side plugin to use\&.
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
.\" mysqlshow: default-character-set option
.\" default-character-set option: mysqlshow
\fB\-\-default\-character\-set=\fR\fB\fIcharset_name\fR\fR
.sp
Use
\fIcharset_name\fR
as the default character set\&.
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
.\" mysqlshow: defaults-extra-file option
.\" defaults-extra-file option: mysqlshow
\fB\-\-defaults\-extra\-file=\fR\fB\fIfilename\fR\fR
.sp
Set \fB\fIfilename\fR\fR as the file to read default options from after the global defaults files has been
read\&. Must be given as first option\&.
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
.\" mysqlshow: defaults-file option
.\" defaults-file option: mysqlshow
\fB\-\-defaults\-file=\fR\fB\fIfilename\fR\fR
.sp
Set \fB\fIfilename\fR\fR as the file to read default options from, override global defaults files\&.
Must be given as first option\&.
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
.\" mysqlshow: defaults-group-suffix option
.\" defaults-group-suffix option: mysqlshow
\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
.\}
.\" mysqlshow: host option
.\" host option: mysqlshow
\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
.\}
.\" mysqlshow: keys option
.\" keys option: mysqlshow
\fB\-\-keys\fR,
\fB\-k\fR
.sp
Show table indexes\&.
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
.\" mysqlshow: no-defaults option
.\" no-defaults option: mysqlshow
\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
.\}
.\" mysqlshow: password option
.\" password option: mysqlshow
\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,
\fBmysqlshow\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
.\}
.\" mysqlshow: pipe option
.\" pipe option: mysqlshow
\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
.\}
.\" mysqlshow: plugin-dir option
.\" plugin-dir option: mysqlshow
\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
.\}
.\" mysqlshow: port option
.\" port option: mysqlshow
\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\&.
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
.\}
.\" mysqlshow: protocol option
.\" protocol option: mysqlshow
\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
.\}
.\" mysqlshow: print-defaults option
.\" print-defaults option: mysqlshow
\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
.\}
.\" mysqlshow: show-table-type option
.\" show-table-type option: mysqlshow
\fB\-\-show\-table\-type\fR,
\fB\-t\fR
.sp
Show a column indicating the table type, as in
SHOW FULL TABLES\&. The type is
BASE TABLE
or
VIEW\&.
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
.\" mysqlshow: socket option
.\" socket option: mysqlshow
\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
.\}
.\" mysqlshow: SSL options
.\" SSL options: mysqlshow
\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
.\}
.\" mysqlshow: SSL CA option
.\" SSL CA option: mysqlshow
\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
.\}
.\" mysqlshow: SSL CA Path option
.\" SSL CA Path option: mysqlshow
\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
.\}
.\" mysqlshow: SSL Cert option
.\" SSL Cert option: mysqlshow
\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
.\}
.\" mysqlshow: SSL Cipher option
.\" SSL Cipher option: mysqlshow
\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
.\}
.\" mysqlshow: SSL Key option
.\" SSL Key option: mysqlshow
\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
.\}
.\" mysqlshow: SSL Crl option
.\" SSL CRL option: mysqlshow
\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
.\}
.\" mysqlshow: SSL Crlpath option
.\" SSL Crlpath option: mysqlshow
\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
.\}
.\" mysqlshow: SSL Verify Server Cert option
.\" SSL Verify Server Cert option: mysqlshow
\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
.\}
.\" mysqlshow: status option
.\" status option: mysqlshow
\fB\-\-status\fR,
\fB\-i\fR
.sp
Display extra information about each table\&.
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
.\" mysqlshow: user option
.\" user option: mysqlshow
\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
.\}
.\" mysqlshow: verbose option
.\" verbose option: mysqlshow
\fB\-\-verbose\fR,
\fB\-v\fR
.sp
Verbose mode\&. Print more information about what the program does\&. This option can be used multiple times to increase the amount of information\&.
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
.\" mysqlshow: version option
.\" version option: mysqlshow
\fB\-\-version\fR,
\fB\-V\fR
.sp
Display version information and exit\&.
.RE
.SH "COPYRIGHT"
.br
.PP
Copyright 2007-2008 MySQL AB, 2008-2010 Sun Microsystems, Inc., 2010-2020 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 "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/).