MYSQL_FIND_ROWS(1)

NAME
mysql_find_rows - extract SQL statements from files

SYNOPSIS

mysql_find_rows [options] [file_name ...]

DESCRIPTION

mysql_find_rows reads files containing SQL statements and extracts statements that match a given regular expression or that contain USE db_name or SET statements. The utility was written for use with update log files (as used prior to MySQL 5.0) and as such expects statements to be terminated with semicolon (;) characters. It may be useful with other files that contain SQL statements as long as statements are terminated with semicolons.

Invoke mysql_find_rows like this:

    shell> mysql_find_rows [options] [file_name ...]

Each file_name argument should be the name of file containing SQL statements. If no file names are given, mysql_find_rows reads the standard input.

Examples:

    mysql_find_rows --regexp=problem_table --rows=20 < update.log
    mysql_find_rows --regexp=problem_table  update-log.1 update-log.2

mysql_find_rows supports the following options:

    • --help, --Information

    Display a help message and exit.

    • --regexp=pattern

    Display queries that match the pattern.

    • --rows=N

    Quit after displaying N queries.

    • --skip-use-db

    Do not include USE db_name statements in the output.

    • --start_row=N

    Start output from this row.

COPYRIGHT

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This documentation is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it only under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; version 2 of the License.

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SEE ALSO
For more information, please refer to the MySQL Reference Manual, which may already be installed locally and which is also available online at http://dev.mysql.com/doc/.

AUTHOR
Oracle Corporation (http://dev.mysql.com/).