Version1.26.0
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mycli is a command line interface for MySQL, MariaDB, and Percona.


mycli is a command line interface for MySQL, MariaDB, and Percona with auto-completion and syntax highlighting.

Usage

$ mycli --help
Usage: mycli [OPTIONS] [DATABASE]

A MySQL terminal client with auto-completion and syntax highlighting.

Examples:
- mycli mydatabase
- mycli -u my
user -h myhost.com mydatabase
- mycli mysql://myuser@myhost.com:3306/mydatabase

Options:
-h, --host TEXT Host address of the database.
-P, --port INTEGER Port number to use for connection. Honors
                           $MYSQLTCPPORT.

-u, --user TEXT User name to connect to the database.
-S, --socket TEXT The socket file to use for connection.
-p, --password TEXT Password to connect to the database.
--pass TEXT Password to connect to the database.
--ssl-ca PATH CA file in PEM format.
--ssl-capath TEXT CA directory.
--ssl-cert PATH X509 cert in PEM format.
--ssl-key PATH X509 key in PEM format.
--ssl-cipher TEXT SSL cipher to use.
--ssl-verify-server-cert Verify server's "Common Name" in its cert
                           against hostname used when connecting. This
                           option is disabled by default.

-V, --version Output mycli's version.
-v, --verbose Verbose output.
-D, --database TEXT Database to use.
-d, --dsn TEXT Use DSN configured into the [alias
dsn]
                           section of myclirc file.

--list-dsn list of DSN configured into the [alias_dsn]
                           section of myclirc file.

-R, --prompt TEXT Prompt format (Default: "\t \u@\h:\d> ").
-l, --logfile FILENAME Log every query and its results to a file.
--defaults-group-suffix TEXT Read MySQL config groups with the specified
                           suffix.

--defaults-file PATH Only read MySQL options from the given file.
--myclirc PATH Location of myclirc file.
--auto-vertical-output Automatically switch to vertical output mode
                           if the result is wider than the terminal
                           width.

-t, --table Display batch output in table format.
--csv Display batch output in CSV format.
--warn / --no-warn Warn before running a destructive query.
--local-infile BOOLEAN Enable/disable LOAD DATA LOCAL INFILE.
--login-path TEXT Read this path from the login file.
-e, --execute TEXT Execute command and quit.
--help Show this message and exit.

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Published28 Jul 2019, 14:18 UTC

Last updated17 Dec 2024, 07:26 UTC

First seen13 Dec 2025, 09:47 UTC