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 5.4, "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]]]

       o  If no database is given, a list of database names is
          shown.

       o  If no table is given, all matching tables in the
          database are shown.

       o  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:

       o  --help, -?

          Display a help message and exit.

       o  --character-sets-dir=path

          The directory where character sets are installed. See
          Section 9.1, "The Character Set Used for Data and
          Sorting".

       o  --compress, -C

          Compress all information sent between the client and
          the server if both support compression.

       o  --count

          Show the number of rows per table. This can be slow for
          non-MyISAM tables. This option was added in MySQL
          5.0.6.

       o  --debug[=debug_options], -# [debug_options]

          Write a debugging log. The debug_options string often
          is 'd:t:o,file_name'.

       o  --default-character-set=charset_name

          Use charset_name as the default character set. See
          Section 9.1, "The Character Set Used for Data and
          Sorting".

       o  --host=host_name, -h host_name

          Connect to the MySQL server on the given host.

       o  --keys, -k

          Show table indexes.

       o  --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, you are prompted for one.

          Specifying a password on the command line should be
          considered insecure. See Section 7.6, "Keeping Your
          Password Secure".

       o  --port=port_num, -P port_num

          The TCP/IP port number to use for the connection.

       o  --protocol={TCP|SOCKET|PIPE|MEMORY}

          The connection protocol to use.

       o  --show-table-type, -t

          Show a column indicating the table type, as in SHOW
          FULL TABLES. The type is BASE TABLE or VIEW. This
          option was added in MySQL 5.0.4.

       o  --socket=path, -S path

          For connections to localhost, the Unix socket file to
          use, or, on Windows, the name of the named pipe to use.

       o  --status, -i

          Display extra information about each table.

       o  --user=user_name, -u user_name

          The MySQL username to use when connecting to the
          server.

       o  --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.

       o  --version, -V

          Display version information and exit.

SEE ALSO

       msql2mysql(1), myisamchk(1), myisamlog(1), myisampack(1),
       mysql(1), mysql.server(1), mysql_config(1),
       mysql_fix_privilege_tables(1), mysql_upgrade(1),
       mysql_zap(1), mysqlaccess(1), mysqladmin(1),
       mysqlbinlog(1), mysqlcheck(1), mysqld(1), mysqld_multi(1),
       mysqld_safe(1), mysqldump(1), mysqlhotcopy(1),
       mysqlimport(1), mysqlmanager(1), perror(1), replace(1),
       safe_mysqld(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://dev.mysql.com/doc/.

AUTHOR

       MySQL AB (http://www.mysql.com/).  This software comes
       with no warranty.

MySQL 5.0                   03/04/2006           FBMYSQLSHOWFR(1)