Abbreviation | Command | Interpretation |
\c | clear | terminates input of command. |
\h | help | displays a list of commands. |
\q | exit or quit | ends mysql. |
\s | status | shows status information on the MySQL server. |
\T [f] | tee [filename] | logs all input and output into the specified file. |
\t | notee | ends tee. The logging can be resumed at any time with tee or \T. |
\u db | use database | makes the specified database the default. |
\. fn | source filename | executes the SQL commands contained in the given file. The commands must be separated by semicolons. |