MYSQLSHOW(1) MySQL Database System MYSQLSHOW(1)
NAME
mysqlshow - display database, table, and column information
SYNOPSIS
mysqlshow [options] [db_name [tbl_name [col_name]]]
DESCRIPTION
The mysqlshow client can be used to quickly see which databases exist, their tables, or a table´s columns or
indexes.
mysqlshow provides a command-line interface to several SQL SHOW statements. See Section 12.4.5, “SHOW Syntax”.
The same information can be obtained by using those statements directly. For example, you can issue them from
the mysql client program.
Invoke mysqlshow like this:
shell> mysqlshow [options] [db_name [tbl_name [col_name]]]
· If no database is given, a list of database names is shown.
· If no table is given, all matching tables in the database are shown.
· If no column is given, all matching columns and column types in the table are shown.
The output displays only the names of those databases, tables, or columns for which you have some privileges.
If the last argument contains shell or SQL wildcard characters (“*”, “?”, “%”, or “_”), only those names that
are matched by the wildcard are shown. If a database name contains any underscores, those should be escaped
with a backslash (some Unix shells require two) to get a list of the proper tables or columns. “*” and “?”
characters are converted into SQL “%” and “_” wildcard characters. This might cause some confusion when you
try to display the columns for a table with a “_” in the name, because in this case, mysqlshow shows you only
the table names that match the pattern. This is easily fixed by adding an extra “%” last on the command line
as a separate argument.
mysqlshow supports the following options, which can be specified on the command line or in the [mysqlshow] and
[client] option file groups. mysqlshow also supports the options for processing option files described at
Section 4.2.3.3.1, “Command-Line Options that Affect Option-File Handling”.
· --help, -?
Display a help message and exit.
· --character-sets-dir=path, -c
The directory where character sets are installed. See Section 9.5, “Character Set Configuration”.
· --compress, -C
Compress all information sent between the client and the server if both support compression.
· --count
Show the number of rows per table. This can be slow for non-MyISAM tables.
· --debug[=debug_options], -# [debug_options]
Use charset_name as the default character set. See Section 9.5, “Character Set Configuration”.
· --defaults-extra-file=filename
Set filename as the file to read default options from after the global defaults files has been read. Must
be given as first option.
· --defaults-file=filename
Set filename as the file to read default options from, override global defaults files. Must be given as
first option.
· --host=host_name, -h host_name
Connect to the MySQL server on the given host.
· --keys, -k
Show table indexes.
· --no-defaults
Do not read default options from any option file. This must be given as the first argument.
· --password[=password], -p[password]
The password to use when connecting to the server. If you use the short option form (-p), you cannot have
a space between the option and the password. If you omit the password value following the --password or -p
option on the command line, mysqlshow prompts for one.
Specifying a password on the command line should be considered insecure. See Section 5.3.2.2, “End-User
Guidelines for Password Security”. You can use an option file to avoid giving the password on the command
line.
· --pipe, -W
On Windows, connect to the server via a named pipe. This option applies only if the server supports
named-pipe connections.
· --port=port_num, -P port_num
The TCP/IP port number to use for the connection.
· --protocol={TCP|SOCKET|PIPE|MEMORY}
The connection protocol to use for connecting to the server. It is useful when the other connection
parameters normally would cause a protocol to be used other than the one you want. For details on the
allowable values, see Section 4.2.2, “Connecting to the MySQL Server”.
· --print-defaults
Print the program argument list and exit. This must be given as the first argument.
SSL keys and certificates. See Section 5.5.6.3, “SSL Command Options”.
· --status, -i
Display extra information about each table.
· --user=user_name, -u user_name
The MySQL user name to use when connecting to the server.
· --verbose, -v
Verbose mode. Print more information about what the program does. This option can be used multiple times
to increase the amount of information.
· --version, -V
Display version information and exit.
COPYRIGHT
Copyright 2007-2008 MySQL AB, 2008-2010 Sun Microsystems, Inc.
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.
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.
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 02110-1301 USA or see
http://www.gnu.org/licenses/.
SEE ALSO
For more information, please refer to the MySQL Reference Manual, which may already be installed locally and
which is also available online at http://dev.mysql.com/doc/.
AUTHOR
Sun Microsystems, Inc. (http://www.mysql.com/).
MySQL 5.1 04/06/2010 MYSQLSHOW(1)
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