mysqlshow.1

.TH MYSQLSHOW 1 "19 December 2000"
.SH NAME
.BR mysqlshow
 \- Shows the structure of a mysql database (databases,tables and columns)
.SH USAGE
shell> mysqlshow [\fP\fIOPTIONS\fP] [\fP\fIdatabase [table [column]]\fP]
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B mysqlshow
.RB [ \-# | \-\-debug=...]
.RB [  \-? | \-\-help ]
.RB [  \-c |  \-\-character\-sets\-dir=...]
.RB [  \-C | \-\-compress  ]
.RB [  \-h | \-\-host=... ]
.RB [  \-i | \-\-status ]
.RB [  \-k | \-\-keys ]
.RB [  \-p |  \-\-password\fP\fI[=...]\fP ]
.RB [  \-P |  \-\-port=...  ]
.RB [  \-S |  \-\-socket=... ]
.RB [  \-u |  \-\-user=# ]
.RB [  \-V |  \-\-version ]
.SH DESCRIPTION
.TP
.BR \-# | \-\-debug=...
output debug log. Often this is 'd:t:o,filename`
.TP
.BR  \-? | \-\-help
display help and exit
.TP
.BR  \-c | \-\-character\-sets\-dir=...
Directory where character sets are
.TP
.BR  \-C | \-\-compress
Use compression in server/client protocol
.TP
.BR \-h | \-\-host=...
connect to host
.TP
.BR  \-i | \-\-status 
Shows a lot of extra information about each table
.TP
.BR  \-k | \-\-keys 
show keys for table
.TP
.BR \-p | \-\-password \fP\fI[=...] \fP 
password to use when connecting to server
If password is not given it's asked from the tty.
.TP 
.BR  \-P | \-\-port=...
Port number to use for connection
.TP
.BR \-S | \-\-socket=...
Socket file to use for connection
.TP
.BR  \-u | \-\-user=#
user for login if not current user
.TP 
.BR  \-V | \-\-version
output version information and exit  


.SH NOTE
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

.SH "SEE ALSO"
isamchk (1),
isamlog (1),
mysqlaccess (1),
mysqladmin (1),
mysqlbug (1),
mysqld (1),
mysqldump (1),
mysqlshow (1),
msql2mysql (1),
perror (1),
replace (1),
mysqld_safe (1),
which1 (1),
zap (1),
.SH AUTHOR
Ver 1.0, distribution 3.23.29a
Michael (Monty) Widenius (monty@tcx.se),
TCX Datakonsult AB (http://www.tcx.se).
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)

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