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USAGE

       mysql [OPTIONS] [Database]

SYNOPSIS

       mysql [-B|--batch] [-#|--debug= logfile] [-T|--debug-info]
       [-e|--exec=  command] [-f|--force] [-?|--help] [-h|--host=
       hostname] [-n|--unbuffered]  [-p[pwd]]  [--password=[pwd]]
       [-P|--port=  pnum]  [-q|--quick]  [-r|--raw] [-s|--silent]
       [-S|--socket=  snum]  [-u|--user=  uname]   [-v|--verbose]
       [-V|--version] [-w|--wait]

DESCRIPTION

       The mysql program provides a curses-based interface to the
       SQL-based database server daemon, mysqld(1).  Full  fuller
       documentation,  refer to the HTML documents installed with
       the package.

OPTIONS

       -B|--batch
              Print results with a tab as separator, each row  on
              a new line.

       -#|--debug=logfile
              Employ the specified debug log.

       -T|--debug-info
              Print debug information upon exiting.

       -e | --exec=command
              Execute  the specified command and quit (--batch is
              implicit).

       -f|--force
              Continue even if the face of a SQL error.

       -?|--help
              Display a help message and exit.

       -h|--host=hostname
              Connect to the specified host.

       -n|--unbuffered
              Flush the buffer after each query.

       -p|--password[=pwd]
              Employ the specified password  when  connecting  to
              the  database  server.   If  a password is not sup-
              plied, it will be requested interactively.

       -P|--port=pnum
              Employ the specified port number for connecting  to

       -S|--socket=snum
              Employ the specified socket file for connecting  to
              the database server.

       -u|--user=uname
              Employ  the  specified  user name for logging in to
              the server.

       -v|--verbose
              Verbose mode: write  more  Specifying  this  option
              twice produces a tabular output format.

       -V|--version
              Print the mysql version number and exit.

       -w|--wait
              Wait and retry if the database server connection is
              down.

FILES

       /etc/my.cnf           MySQL configuration file

       /usr/bin/mysql        Client executable

       /usr/sbin/mysqld      Server executable

       /usr/bin/mysqld_safe  executable shell script for starting
                             mysqld safely

       /var/lib/mysql        location of database files

EXAMPLE

       You can also read a backup dump file back into MySQL with:

       mysql  database < backup-file.sql

SEE ALSO

       isamchk(1),  isamlog(1),  mysqlaccess(1),   mysqladmin(1),
       mysqld(1),  mysqld_multi(1), mysqld_safe(1), mysqldump(1),
       mysql_fix_privilege_tables(1), mysqlshow(1), mysql_zap(1),
       perror(1), replace(1)

       For  more  information please refer to the MySQL reference
       manual, which may already be installed locally  and  which
       is also available online at http://www.mysql.com/doc/en/

BUGS

       Please refer to http://bugs.mysql.com/ to report bugs.

AUTHOR

       Ver  6.3,  distribution  4.1.10  Michael  (Monty) Widenius
       (monty@mysql.com), MySQL AB  (http://www.mysql.com/)  This