mysqlshow - Shows the structure of a mysql database (databases,tables and columns)

shell> mysqlshow [OPTIONS] [database [table [column]]]

mysqlshow [-#|--debug=...] [-?|--help] [-c|--character-sets-dir=...] [-C|--compress] [-h|--host=...] [-i|--status] [-k|--keys] [-p|--password[=... (INSECURE)]] [-P|--port=...] [-S|--socket=...] [-u|--user=#] [-V|--version]

-#|--debug=...

output debug log. Often this is 'd:t:o,filename`

-?|--help

display help and exit

-c|--character-sets-dir=...

Directory where character sets are

-C|--compress

Use compression in server/client protocol

-h|--host=...

connect to host

-i|--status

Shows a lot of extra information about each table

-k|--keys

show keys for table

-p|--password[=...] password to use when connecting to server If password is not given it's asked from the tty. WARNING: Providing a password on command line is insecure as it is visible through /proc to anyone for a short time.

-P|--port=...

Port number to use for connection

-S|--socket=...

Socket file to use for connection

-u|--user=#

user for login if not current user

-V|--version

output version information and exit

If last argument contains a shell or SQL wildcard (*,?,% or _) then only what's matched by the wildcard is shown. If no database is given then all matching databases are shown. If no table is given then all matching tables in database are shown If no column is given then all matching columns and columntypes in table are shown

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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/mysql/en

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

Ver 1.0, distribution 4.1.15 Michael (Monty) Widenius (monty@mysql.com), MySQL AB (http://www.mysql.com/). This software comes with no warranty. Manual page by L. (Kill-9) Pedersen (kill-9@kill-9.dk), Mercurmedia Data Model Architect / system developer (http://www.mercurmedia.com)