Where are the MySQL binaries stored? Find the location? : which mysql
Find the version of MySQL: mysql -V
Start the MySQL server: /usr/bin/mysqld_safe --user=mysql & or /etc/init.d/mysql start
Validate MySQL process has started: ps -afe | grep mysqld
Validate MySQL server is up and running: mysql> SHOW VARIABLES LIKE "%version%";
Find the columns of the table in MySQL: mysql> SHOW COLUMNS FROM dept;
Find the table related information: SHOW TABLE STATUS LIKE 'dept' \G
Display all tables: Mysql> show tables
Display all databases: Myql> show databases
Display tables from the non current database: Mysql> SHOW TABLES FROM database_name;
List the filed of the tables
mySQL> describe tableName
Backup/Dump all databases
[mysql dir]/bin/mysqldump -u root -ppassword --opt >/tmp/alldatabases.sql
Backup/Dump particular database
[mysql dir]/bin/mysqldump -u username -ppassword --databases databasename >/tmp/databasename.sql
Backup/Dump a table from a database
[mysql dir]/bin/mysqldump -c -u username -ppassword databasename tablename > /tmp/databasename.tablename.sql
Restore database (or database table) from backup
[mysql dir]/bin/mysql -u username -ppassword databasename < /tmp/databasename.sql
