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Common Options of the MySQL Client Tools

       
-u un           --user=username                      Determines the user name for registration with MySQL.
-p              --password                           Asks for input of password immediately after start of the command.
-pxxx           --password=xxx                       Passes the password directly
-h hn           --host=hostname                      Gives the name or IP number of the computer on which the server is running.
                --protocol=name                      Determines which protocol should be used for communication between client and server. 
-W              --pipe                               Uses a named pipe for communication with the MySQL server. 
-C              --compress                           Minimizes the data flow between client and server by making use of data compression.
                --default-character-set=name         Specifies the character set for communication with the MySQL server (e.g., latin1 or utf8).
                --character-sets-dir="dir"           Specifies the directory in which the character set files are located (e.g., "C:/Programs/MySQL/MySQL Server 5.0/share/charsets").








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