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mysql

The MySQL command-line tool.

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• Connect to a database:

mysql {database_name}

• Connect to a database, user will be prompted for a password:

mysql -u {user} --password {database_name}

• Connect to a database on another host:

mysql -h {database_host} {database_name}

• Connect to a database through a Unix socket:

mysql --socket {path/to/socket.sock}

• Execute SQL statements in a script file (batch file):

mysql -e "source {filename.sql}" {database_name}

• Restore a database from a backup created with `mysqldump` (user will be prompted for a password):

mysql --user {user} --password {database_name} < {path/to/backup.sql}

• Restore all databases from a backup (user will be prompted for a password):

mysql --user {user} --password < {path/to/backup.sql}

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