The mysql program provides a curses-based interface to the SQL-based database server daemon, mysqld(1). Full fuller documentation, refer to the HTML documents installed with the package.
OPTIONS

-B|–batch
Print results with a tab as separator, each row on a new line.
-#|–debug=logfile
Employ the specified debug log.
-T|–debug-info
Print debug information upon exiting.
-e | –exec=command
Execute the specified command and quit (–batch is implicit).
-f|–force
Continue even if the face of a SQL error.
-?|–help
Display a help message and exit.
-h|–host=hostname
Connect to the specified host.
-n|–unbuffered
Flush the buffer after each query.
-p|–password[=pwd]
Employ the specified password when connecting to the database server. If a password is not supplied, it will be requested interactively.
-P|–port=pnum
Employ the specified port number for connecting to the database server.
-q|–quick
Do not cache the result; print it row by row. This may slow down the server if the output is suspended.
-r|–raw
Write fields without conversion. (used with –batch).
-s|–silent
Silent mode: reduce the amount of output.
-S|–socket=snum
Employ the specified socket file for connecting to the database server.
-u|–user=uname
Employ the specified user name for logging in to the server.
-v|–verbose
Verbose mode: write more Specifying this option twice produces a tabular output format.
-V|–version
Print the mysql version number and exit.
-w|–wait
Wait and retry if the database server connection is down.

FILES

/depot/bin/mysql
executable
/depot/bin/mysqld
executable
/depot/bin/safe_mysqld
executable shell script for starting mysqld safely
/site/var/mysql/data
location of database files