6 rows in set (0.00 sec) Just the Tip of the Iceberg! The mysql command-line interactive program is a very powerful way to access, display and even manipulate data without the need for any GUI at all.

Mycli The Mycli project provides MySQL command line auto-completion and syntax highlighting. It is one of the most popular MySQL tools for administrators.

Whether you're running a LAMP stack on Ubuntu or CentOS, you need to back up your MySQL databases. Learn how to do this with the help of the mysqldump command.

While browsing Paul DuBois' excellent MySQL Cookbook, I discovered a command-line option for turning the results of a command-line query into an HTML table (recipe 1.23, page 33). By way of example, ...

For example, type "mysql -u root -p" (without the quote marks) and enter your password when prompted. Create a MySQL SELECT query to select the data you want to output to CSV.

I tried using the following commands to shutdown and startup MySQL and although it did, it also changed the permissions on the databases and I could no longer work with them in phpmyadmin until i ...

If you never set, forgot, or change your MySQL password, you're in luck. This article walks you through these steps, so you'll never be at a loss for that database root user password.