MySQL 8 client programs

The MySQL 8 client programs are the programs that are commonly used to connect to the MySQL database and perform different query operations.

The programs information detailed in the following subsection includes mysql—command line tools with many commands and related options and configuration for logging, mysqlcheck, mysqldump, mysqlimport, mysqlsh, mysqladmin and so on.

mysql - the command-line tool

This is the most commonly used program. The command-line tool is used for executing SQL statements directly or using a file in batch mode. It has support for both interactive and non-interactive modes. In this section, we will look at the mysql command line and the various options, commands, logging...