mysqlsh Command Examples

Advanced command-line client for MySQL, supporting SQL, JavaScript, and Python. It offers features for managing InnoDB clusters and document store collections. More information: https://dev.mysql.com/doc/mysql-shell/8.0/en/mysql-shell-commands.html.

• Start MySQL Shell in interactive mode:

mysqlsh

• Connect to a MySQL server:

mysqlsh --user {{username}} --host {{hostname}} --port {{port}}

• Execute an SQL statement on the server and exit:

mysqlsh --user {{username}} --execute '{{sql_statement}}'

• Start MySQL Shell in JavaScript mode:

mysqlsh --js

• Start MySQL Shell in Python mode:

mysqlsh --py

• Import JSON documents into a MySQL collection:

mysqlsh --import {{path/to/file.json}} --schema {{schema_name}} --collection {{collection_name}}

• Enable verbose output:

mysqlsh --verbose