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MYSQLADMIN(1)		      MySQL Database System		   MYSQLADMIN(1)

NAME
     mysqladmin - a MySQL server administration program

SYNOPSIS
     mysqladmin  [options] command [command-options] [command [command-options]]
										    ...

DESCRIPTION
     mysqladmin is a client for performing administrative  operations.	You  can
     use  it  to  check the server's configuration and current status, to create
     and drop databases, and more.

     Invoke mysqladmin like this:

	 mysqladmin [options] command [command-arg] [command [command-arg]] ...

     mysqladmin supports the following commands. Some of the  commands	take  an
     argument following the command name.

     *	 create db_name

	 Create a new database named db_name.

     *	 debug

	 Prior	to  MySQL  8.0.20, tell the server to write debug information to
	 the error log. The connected user must have the SUPER privilege. Format
	 and content of this information is subject to change.

	 This  includes  information  about  the  Event  Scheduler.   See   Sec-
	 tion 27.4.5, "Event Scheduler Status".

     *	 drop db_name

	 Delete the database named db_name and all its tables.

     *	 extended-status

	 Display the server status variables and their values.

     *	 flush-hosts

	 Flush	all  information  in  the host cache. See Section 7.1.12.3, "DNS
	 Lookups and the Host Cache".

     *	 flush-logs [log_type ...]

	 Flush all logs.

	 The mysqladmin flush-logs command permits  optional  log  types  to  be
	 given,  to  specify  which logs to flush. Following the flush-logs com-
	 mand, you can provide a space-separated list of one or more of the fol-
	 lowing log types: binary, engine, error, general,  relay,  slow.  These
	 correspond  to  the  log types that can be specified for the FLUSH LOGS
	 SQL statement.

     *	 flush-privileges

	 Reload the grant tables (same as reload).

     *	 flush-status

	 Clear status variables.

     *	 flush-tables

	 Flush all tables.

     *	 flush-threads

	 Flush the thread cache.

     *	 kill id,id,...

	 Kill server threads. If multiple thread ID values are given, there must
	 be no spaces in the list.

	 To kill threads belonging to other users, the connected user must  have
	 the CONNECTION_ADMIN privilege (or the deprecated SUPER privilege).

     *	 password new_password

	 Set  a  new password. This changes the password to new_password for the
	 account that you use with mysqladmin  for  connecting	to  the  server.
	 Thus, the next time you invoke mysqladmin (or any other client program)
	 using the same account, you must specify the new password.

	     Warning
	     Setting  a password using mysqladmin should be considered insecure.
	     On some systems, your password becomes  visible  to  system  status
	     programs  such  as ps that may be invoked by other users to display
	     command lines. MySQL clients typically overwrite  the  command-line
	     password  argument with zeros during their initialization sequence.
	     However, there is still a brief interval during which the value  is
	     visible.  Also,  on some systems this overwriting strategy is inef-
	     fective and the password remains visible to ps. (SystemV Unix  sys-
	     tems and perhaps others are subject to this problem.)
	 If  the new_password value contains spaces or other characters that are
	 special to your command interpreter, you need to enclose it within quo-
	 tation marks. On Windows, be sure to use double quotation marks  rather
	 than  single  quotation  marks; single quotation marks are not stripped
	 from the password, but rather are interpreted as part of the  password.
	 For example:

	     mysqladmin password "my new password"

	 The new password can be omitted following the password command. In this
	 case,	mysqladmin  prompts for the password value, which enables you to
	 avoid specifying the password on the command line. Omitting  the  pass-
	 word  value should be done only if password is the final command on the
	 mysqladmin command line. Otherwise, the next argument is taken  as  the
	 password.

	     Caution
	     Do  not  use  this  command used if the server was started with the
	     --skip-grant-tables option. No password change is applied. This  is
	     true even if you precede the password command with flush-privileges
	     on  the same command line to re-enable the grant tables because the
	     flush operation occurs after you  connect.  However,  you	can  use
	     mysqladmin  flush-privileges to re-enable the grant tables and then
	     use a separate mysqladmin password command to change the password.

     *	 ping

	 Check whether the server is available. The return status from	mysqlad-
	 min  is  0  if the server is running, 1 if it is not. This is 0 even in
	 case of an error such as Access denied, because  this	means  that  the
	 server  is  running but refused the connection, which is different from
	 the server not running.

     *	 processlist

	 Show a list of active server threads. This is like the  output  of  the
	 SHOW  PROCESSLIST statement. If the --verbose option is given, the out-
	 put is like that of  SHOW  FULL  PROCESSLIST.	(See  Section 15.7.7.29,
	 "SHOW PROCESSLIST Statement".)

     *	 reload

	 Reload the grant tables.

     *	 refresh

	 Flush all tables and close and open log files.

     *	 shutdown

	 Stop the server.

     *	 start-replica

	 Start	replication  on  a  replica  server. Use this command from MySQL
	 8.0.26.

     *	 start-slave

	 Start replication on a replica server. Use this  command  before  MySQL
	 8.0.26.

     *	 status

	 Display a short server status message.

     *	 stop-replica

	 Stop  replication  on	a  replica  server.  Use this command from MySQL
	 8.0.26.

     *	 stop-slave

	 Stop replication on a replica server. Use  this  command  before  MySQL
	 8.0.26.

     *	 variables

	 Display the server system variables and their values.

     *	 version

	 Display version information from the server.

     All commands can be shortened to any unique prefix. For example:

	 $> mysqladmin proc stat
	 +----+-------+-----------+----+---------+------+-------+------------------+
	 | Id | User  | Host	  | db | Command | Time | State | Info		   |
	 +----+-------+-----------+----+---------+------+-------+------------------+
	 | 51 | jones | localhost |    | Query	 | 0	|	| show processlist |
	 +----+-------+-----------+----+---------+------+-------+------------------+
	 Uptime: 1473624  Threads: 1  Questions: 39487
	 Slow queries: 0  Opens: 541  Flush tables: 1
	 Open tables: 19  Queries per second avg: 0.0268

     The mysqladmin status command result displays the following values:

     *	 Uptime

	 The number of seconds the MySQL server has been running.

     *	 Threads

	 The number of active threads (clients).

     *	 Questions

	 The  number  of  questions  (queries) from clients since the server was
	 started.

     *	 Slow queries

	 The number of queries that have taken more  than  long_query_time  sec-
	 onds. See Section 7.4.5, "The Slow Query Log".

     *	 Opens

	 The number of tables the server has opened.

     *	 Flush tables

	 The number of flush-*, refresh, and reload commands the server has exe-
	 cuted.

     *	 Open tables

	 The number of tables that currently are open.

     If  you execute mysqladmin shutdown when connecting to a local server using
     a Unix socket file, mysqladmin waits until the server's process ID file has
     been removed, to ensure that the server has stopped properly.

     mysqladmin supports the following options, which can be  specified  on  the
     command  line or in the [mysqladmin] and [client] groups of an option file.
     For information about  option  files  used  by  MySQL  programs,  see  Sec-
     tion 6.2.2.2, "Using Option Files".

     *	 --help, -?
	 +---------------------+--------+
	 | Command-Line Format | --help |
	 +---------------------+--------+

	 Display a help message and exit.

     *	 --bind-address=ip_address
	 +---------------------+---------------------------+
	 | Command-Line Format | --bind-address=ip_address |
	 +---------------------+---------------------------+

	 On  a	computer  having multiple network interfaces, use this option to
	 select which interface to use for connecting to the MySQL server.

     *	 --character-sets-dir=dir_name
	 +---------------------+---------------------------+
	 | Command-Line Format | --character-sets-dir=path |
	 +---------------------+---------------------------+
	 | Type 	       | String 		   |
	 +---------------------+---------------------------+
	 | Default Value       | [none] 		   |
	 +---------------------+---------------------------+

	 The directory where character sets are  installed.  See  Section 12.15,
	 "Character Set Configuration".

     *	 --compress, -C
	 +---------------------+-----------------------+
	 | Command-Line Format | --compress[={OFF|ON}] |
	 +---------------------+-----------------------+
	 | Deprecated	       | 8.0.18 	       |
	 +---------------------+-----------------------+
	 | Type 	       | Boolean	       |
	 +---------------------+-----------------------+
	 | Default Value       | OFF		       |
	 +---------------------+-----------------------+

	 Compress all information sent between the client and the server if pos-
	 sible. See Section 6.2.8, "Connection Compression Control".

	 As  of MySQL 8.0.18, this option is deprecated. Expect it to be removed
	 in a future version of  MySQL.  See  the  section  called  "Configuring
	 Legacy Connection Compression".

     *	 --compression-algorithms=value
	 +---------------------+-----------------------+
	 | Command-Line Format | --compression-algo-   |
	 |		       | rithms=value	       |
	 +---------------------+-----------------------+
	 | Introduced	       | 8.0.18 	       |
	 +---------------------+-----------------------+
	 | Type 	       | Set		       |
	 +---------------------+-----------------------+
	 | Default Value       | uncompressed	       |
	 +---------------------+-----------------------+
	 | Valid Values        |		       |
	 |		       |	  zlib	       |
	 |		       |		       |
	 |		       |	  zstd	       |
	 |		       |		       |
	 |		       |	  uncompressed |
	 +---------------------+-----------------------+

	 The permitted compression algorithms for connections to the server. The
	 available algorithms are the same as for the protocol_compression_algo-
	 rithms system variable. The default value is uncompressed.

	 For  more  information, see Section 6.2.8, "Connection Compression Con-
	 trol".

	 This option was added in MySQL 8.0.18.

     *	 --connect-timeout=value
	 +---------------------+-------------------------+
	 | Command-Line Format | --connect-timeout=value |
	 +---------------------+-------------------------+
	 | Type 	       | Numeric		 |
	 +---------------------+-------------------------+
	 | Default Value       | 43200			 |
	 +---------------------+-------------------------+

	 The maximum number of seconds before connection  timeout.  The  default
	 value is 43200 (12 hours).

     *	 --count=N, -c N
	 +---------------------+-----------+
	 | Command-Line Format | --count=# |
	 +---------------------+-----------+

	 The  number of iterations to make for repeated command execution if the
	 --sleep option is given.

     *	 --debug[=debug_options], -# [debug_options]
	 +---------------------+-----------------------------+
	 | Command-Line Format | --debug[=debug_options]     |
	 +---------------------+-----------------------------+
	 | Type 	       | String 		     |
	 +---------------------+-----------------------------+
	 | Default Value       | d:t:o,/tmp/mysqladmin.trace |
	 +---------------------+-----------------------------+

	 Write	a   debugging	log.   A   typical   debug_options   string   is
	 d:t:o,file_name. The default is d:t:o,/tmp/mysqladmin.trace.

	 This  option  is  available  only  if MySQL was built using WITH_DEBUG.
	 MySQL release binaries provided by Oracle are not built using this  op-
	 tion.

     *	 --debug-check
	 +---------------------+---------------+
	 | Command-Line Format | --debug-check |
	 +---------------------+---------------+
	 | Type 	       | Boolean       |
	 +---------------------+---------------+
	 | Default Value       | FALSE	       |
	 +---------------------+---------------+

	 Print some debugging information when the program exits.

	 This  option  is  available  only  if MySQL was built using WITH_DEBUG.
	 MySQL release binaries provided by Oracle are not built using this  op-
	 tion.

     *	 --debug-info
	 +---------------------+--------------+
	 | Command-Line Format | --debug-info |
	 +---------------------+--------------+
	 | Type 	       | Boolean      |
	 +---------------------+--------------+
	 | Default Value       | FALSE	      |
	 +---------------------+--------------+

	 Print	debugging  information	and memory and CPU usage statistics when
	 the program exits.

	 This option is available only if  MySQL  was  built  using  WITH_DEBUG.
	 MySQL	release binaries provided by Oracle are not built using this op-
	 tion.

     *	 --default-auth=plugin
	 +---------------------+-----------------------+
	 | Command-Line Format | --default-auth=plugin |
	 +---------------------+-----------------------+
	 | Type 	       | String 	       |
	 +---------------------+-----------------------+

	 A hint about which client-side authentication plugin to use.  See  Sec-
	 tion 8.2.17, "Pluggable Authentication".

     *	 --default-character-set=charset_name
	 +---------------------+----------------------+
	 | Command-Line Format | --default-character- |
	 |		       | set=charset_name     |
	 +---------------------+----------------------+
	 | Type 	       | String 	      |
	 +---------------------+----------------------+

	 Use  charset_name  as	the  default  character  set. See Section 12.15,
	 "Character Set Configuration".

     *	 --defaults-extra-file=file_name
	 +---------------------+-------------------+
	 | Command-Line Format | --defaults-extra- |
	 |		       | file=file_name    |
	 +---------------------+-------------------+
	 | Type 	       | File name	   |
	 +---------------------+-------------------+

	 Read this option file after the global option file but (on Unix) before
	 the user option file. If the file does not exist or is otherwise  inac-
	 cessible,  an	error occurs. If file_name is not an absolute path name,
	 it is interpreted relative to the current directory.

	 For additional information about this and  other  option-file	options,
	 see Section 6.2.2.3, "Command-Line Options that Affect Option-File Han-
	 dling".

     *	 --defaults-file=file_name
	 +---------------------+---------------------------+
	 | Command-Line Format | --defaults-file=file_name |
	 +---------------------+---------------------------+
	 | Type 	       | File name		   |
	 +---------------------+---------------------------+

	 Use only the given option file. If the file does not exist or is other-
	 wise  inaccessible,  an  error  occurs. If file_name is not an absolute
	 path name, it is interpreted relative to the current directory.

	 Exception: Even  with	--defaults-file,  client  programs  read  .mylo-
	 gin.cnf.

	 For  additional  information  about this and other option-file options,
	 see Section 6.2.2.3, "Command-Line Options that Affect Option-File Han-
	 dling".

     *	 --defaults-group-suffix=str
	 +---------------------+-----------------------------+
	 | Command-Line Format | --defaults-group-suffix=str |
	 +---------------------+-----------------------------+
	 | Type 	       | String 		     |
	 +---------------------+-----------------------------+

	 Read not only the usual option groups, but also groups with  the  usual
	 names	and  a suffix of str. For example, mysqladmin normally reads the
	 [client] and [mysqladmin] groups. If this  option  is	given  as  --de-
	 faults-group-suffix=_other,  mysqladmin  also	reads the [client_other]
	 and [mysqladmin_other] groups.

	 For additional information about this and  other  option-file	options,
	 see Section 6.2.2.3, "Command-Line Options that Affect Option-File Han-
	 dling".

     *	 --enable-cleartext-plugin
	 +---------------------+---------------------------+
	 | Command-Line Format | --enable-cleartext-plugin |
	 +---------------------+---------------------------+
	 | Type 	       | Boolean		   |
	 +---------------------+---------------------------+
	 | Default Value       | FALSE			   |
	 +---------------------+---------------------------+

	 Enable  the  mysql_clear_password cleartext authentication plugin. (See
	 Section 8.4.1.4, "Client-Side Cleartext Pluggable Authentication".)

     *	 --force, -f
	 +---------------------+---------+
	 | Command-Line Format | --force |
	 +---------------------+---------+

	 Do not ask for confirmation for the drop db_name command. With multiple
	 commands, continue even if an error occurs.

     *	 --get-server-public-key
	 +---------------------+-------------------------+
	 | Command-Line Format | --get-server-public-key |
	 +---------------------+-------------------------+
	 | Type 	       | Boolean		 |
	 +---------------------+-------------------------+

	 Request from the server the public key required for RSA key  pair-based
	 password  exchange.  This  option  applies to clients that authenticate
	 with the caching_sha2_password authentication plugin. For that  plugin,
	 the  server  does not send the public key unless requested. This option
	 is ignored for accounts that do not authenticate with that  plugin.  It
	 is  also  ignored if RSA-based password exchange is not used, as is the
	 case when the client connects to the server using a secure connection.

	 If --server-public-key-path=file_name is given and  specifies	a  valid
	 public key file, it takes precedence over --get-server-public-key.

	 For  information  about  the  caching_sha2_password  plugin,  see  Sec-
	 tion 8.4.1.2, "Caching SHA-2 Pluggable Authentication".

     *	 --host=host_name, -h host_name
	 +---------------------+------------------+
	 | Command-Line Format | --host=host_name |
	 +---------------------+------------------+
	 | Type 	       | String 	  |
	 +---------------------+------------------+
	 | Default Value       | localhost	  |
	 +---------------------+------------------+

	 Connect to the MySQL server on the given host.

     *	 --login-path=name
	 +---------------------+-------------------+
	 | Command-Line Format | --login-path=name |
	 +---------------------+-------------------+
	 | Type 	       | String 	   |
	 +---------------------+-------------------+

	 Read options from the named login path in the .mylogin.cnf  login  path
	 file. A "login path" is an option group containing options that specify
	 which	MySQL server to connect to and which account to authenticate as.
	 To create or modify a login  path  file,  use	the  mysql_config_editor
	 utility. See mysql_config_editor(1).

	 For  additional  information  about this and other option-file options,
	 see Section 6.2.2.3, "Command-Line Options that Affect Option-File Han-
	 dling".

     *	 --no-beep, -b
	 +---------------------+-----------+
	 | Command-Line Format | --no-beep |
	 +---------------------+-----------+

	 Suppress the warning beep that is emitted by default for errors such as
	 a failure to connect to the server.

     *	 --no-defaults
	 +---------------------+---------------+
	 | Command-Line Format | --no-defaults |
	 +---------------------+---------------+

	 Do not read any option files. If program startup fails due  to  reading
	 unknown  options from an option file, --no-defaults can be used to pre-
	 vent them from being read.

	 The exception is that the .mylogin.cnf file is read in all cases, if it
	 exists. This permits passwords to be specified in a safer way	than  on
	 the  command  line  even  when  --no-defaults is used. To create .mylo-
	 gin.cnf, use the  mysql_config_editor	utility.  See  mysql_config_edi-
	 tor(1).

	 For  additional  information  about this and other option-file options,
	 see Section 6.2.2.3, "Command-Line Options that Affect Option-File Han-
	 dling".

     *	 --password[=password], -p[password]
	 +---------------------+-----------------------+
	 | Command-Line Format | --password[=password] |
	 +---------------------+-----------------------+
	 | Type 	       | String 	       |
	 +---------------------+-----------------------+

	 The password of the MySQL account used for connecting	to  the  server.
	 The  password	value  is optional. If not given, mysqladmin prompts for
	 one. If given, there must be no space between --password= or -p and the
	 password following it. If no password option is specified, the  default
	 is to send no password.

	 Specifying  a	password  on the command line should be considered inse-
	 cure. To avoid giving the password on the command line, use  an  option
	 file. See Section 8.1.2.1, "End-User Guidelines for Password Security".

	 To  explicitly  specify  that	there is no password and that mysqladmin
	 should not prompt for one, use the --skip-password option.

     *	 --password1[=pass_val] The password for multifactor authentication fac-
	 tor 1 of the MySQL account used for connecting to the server. The pass-
	 word value is optional. If not given, mysql prompts for one. If  given,
	 there	must be no space between --password1= and the password following
	 it. If no password option is specified, the default is to send no pass-
	 word.

	 Specifying a password on the command line should  be  considered  inse-
	 cure.	To  avoid giving the password on the command line, use an option
	 file. See Section 8.1.2.1, "End-User Guidelines for Password Security".

	 To explicitly specify that there is no  password  and	that  mysqladmin
	 should not prompt for one, use the --skip-password1 option.

	 --password1  and --password are synonymous, as are --skip-password1 and
	 --skip-password.

     *	 --password2[=pass_val] The password for multifactor authentication fac-
	 tor 2 of the MySQL account used for connecting to the server.	The  se-
	 mantics  of  this  option are similar to the semantics for --password1;
	 see the description of that option for details.

     *	 --password3[=pass_val] The password for multifactor authentication fac-
	 tor 3 of the MySQL account used for connecting to the server.	The  se-
	 mantics  of  this  option are similar to the semantics for --password1;
	 see the description of that option for details.

     *	 --pipe, -W
	 +---------------------+--------+
	 | Command-Line Format | --pipe |
	 +---------------------+--------+
	 | Type 	       | String |
	 +---------------------+--------+

	 On Windows, connect to the server using a named pipe. This  option  ap-
	 plies	only  if the server was started with the named_pipe system vari-
	 able enabled to support named-pipe connections. In addition,  the  user
	 making  the  connection must be a member of the Windows group specified
	 by the named_pipe_full_access_group system variable.

     *	 --plugin-dir=dir_name
	 +---------------------+-----------------------+
	 | Command-Line Format | --plugin-dir=dir_name |
	 +---------------------+-----------------------+
	 | Type 	       | Directory name        |
	 +---------------------+-----------------------+

	 The directory in which to look for plugins. Specify this option if  the
	 --default-auth  option  is used to specify an authentication plugin but
	 mysqladmin does not find it. See Section 8.2.17, "Pluggable Authentica-
	 tion".

     *	 --port=port_num, -P port_num
	 +---------------------+-----------------+
	 | Command-Line Format | --port=port_num |
	 +---------------------+-----------------+
	 | Type 	       | Numeric	 |
	 +---------------------+-----------------+
	 | Default Value       | 3306		 |
	 +---------------------+-----------------+

	 For TCP/IP connections, the port number to use.

     *	 --print-defaults
	 +---------------------+------------------+
	 | Command-Line Format | --print-defaults |
	 +---------------------+------------------+

	 Print the program name and all options that it gets from option files.

	 For additional information about this and  other  option-file	options,
	 see Section 6.2.2.3, "Command-Line Options that Affect Option-File Han-
	 dling".

     *	 --protocol={TCP|SOCKET|PIPE|MEMORY}
	 +---------------------+-----------------+
	 | Command-Line Format | --protocol=type |
	 +---------------------+-----------------+
	 | Type 	       | String 	 |
	 +---------------------+-----------------+
	 | Default Value       | [see text]	 |
	 +---------------------+-----------------+
	 | Valid Values        |		 |
	 |		       |	  TCP	 |
	 |		       |		 |
	 |		       |	  SOCKET |
	 |		       |		 |
	 |		       |	  PIPE	 |
	 |		       |		 |
	 |		       |	  MEMORY |
	 +---------------------+-----------------+

	 The  transport protocol to use for connecting to the server. It is use-
	 ful when the other connection parameters normally result in  use  of  a
	 protocol  other  than	the one you want. For details on the permissible
	 values, see Section 6.2.7, "Connection Transport Protocols".

     *	 --relative, -r
	 +---------------------+------------+
	 | Command-Line Format | --relative |
	 +---------------------+------------+

	 Show the difference between the current and previous values  when  used
	 with  the --sleep option. This option works only with the extended-sta-
	 tus command.

     *	 --server-public-key-path=file_name
	 +---------------------+----------------------+
	 | Command-Line Format | --server-public-key- |
	 |		       | path=file_name       |
	 +---------------------+----------------------+
	 | Type 	       | File name	      |
	 +---------------------+----------------------+

	 The path name to a file in PEM format containing a client-side copy  of
	 the  public  key required by the server for RSA key pair-based password
	 exchange. This option applies to clients  that  authenticate  with  the
	 sha256_password  or  caching_sha2_password  authentication plugin. This
	 option is ignored for accounts that do not  authenticate  with  one  of
	 those plugins. It is also ignored if RSA-based password exchange is not
	 used, as is the case when the client connects to the server using a se-
	 cure connection.

	 If  --server-public-key-path=file_name  is  given and specifies a valid
	 public key file, it takes precedence over --get-server-public-key.

	 For sha256_password, this option applies only if MySQL was built  using
	 OpenSSL.

	 For  information  about  the  sha256_password and caching_sha2_password
	 plugins, see Section 8.4.1.3, "SHA-256 Pluggable  Authentication",  and
	 Section 8.4.1.2, "Caching SHA-2 Pluggable Authentication".

     *	 --shared-memory-base-name=name
	 +---------------------+-----------------------+
	 | Command-Line Format | --shared-memory-base- |
	 |		       | name=name	       |
	 +---------------------+-----------------------+
	 | Platform Specific   | Windows	       |
	 +---------------------+-----------------------+

	 On  Windows,  the  shared-memory name to use for connections made using
	 shared memory to a local  server.  The  default  value  is  MYSQL.  The
	 shared-memory name is case-sensitive.

	 This option applies only if the server was started with the shared_mem-
	 ory system variable enabled to support shared-memory connections.

     *	 --show-warnings
	 +---------------------+-----------------+
	 | Command-Line Format | --show-warnings |
	 +---------------------+-----------------+

	 Show  warnings  resulting  from  execution  of  statements  sent to the
	 server.

     *	 --shutdown-timeout=value
	 +---------------------+----------------------------+
	 | Command-Line Format | --shutdown-timeout=seconds |
	 +---------------------+----------------------------+
	 | Type 	       | Numeric		    |
	 +---------------------+----------------------------+
	 | Default Value       | 3600			    |
	 +---------------------+----------------------------+

	 The maximum number of seconds to wait for server shutdown. The  default
	 value is 3600 (1 hour).

     *	 --silent, -s
	 +---------------------+----------+
	 | Command-Line Format | --silent |
	 +---------------------+----------+

	 Exit silently if a connection to the server cannot be established.

     *	 --sleep=delay, -i delay
	 +---------------------+---------------+
	 | Command-Line Format | --sleep=delay |
	 +---------------------+---------------+

	 Execute commands repeatedly, sleeping for delay seconds in between. The
	 --count  option  determines the number of iterations. If --count is not
	 given, mysqladmin executes commands indefinitely until interrupted.

     *	 --socket=path, -S path
	 +---------------------+--------------------------------+
	 | Command-Line Format | --socket={file_name|pipe_name} |
	 +---------------------+--------------------------------+
	 | Type 	       | String 			|
	 +---------------------+--------------------------------+

	 For connections to localhost, the Unix socket file to use, or, on  Win-
	 dows, the name of the named pipe to use.

	 On Windows, this option applies only if the server was started with the
	 named_pipe  system  variable enabled to support named-pipe connections.
	 In addition, the user making the connection must be  a  member  of  the
	 Windows  group  specified  by	the  named_pipe_full_access_group system
	 variable.

     *	 --ssl* Options that begin with --ssl specify whether to connect to  the
	 server  using	encryption  and indicate where to find SSL keys and cer-
	 tificates. See the section called "Command Options for  Encrypted  Con-
	 nections".

     *	 --ssl-fips-mode={OFF|ON|STRICT}
	 +---------------------+----------------------+
	 | Command-Line Format | --ssl-fips-	      |
	 |		       | mode={OFF|ON|STRICT} |
	 +---------------------+----------------------+
	 | Deprecated	       | 8.0.34 	      |
	 +---------------------+----------------------+
	 | Type 	       | Enumeration	      |
	 +---------------------+----------------------+
	 | Default Value       | OFF		      |
	 +---------------------+----------------------+
	 | Valid Values        |		      |
	 |		       |	  OFF	      |
	 |		       |		      |
	 |		       |	  ON	      |
	 |		       |		      |
	 |		       |	  STRICT      |
	 +---------------------+----------------------+

	 Controls   whether  to  enable  FIPS  mode  on  the  client  side.  The
	 --ssl-fips-mode option differs from other --ssl-xxx options in that  it
	 is  not  used	to establish encrypted connections, but rather to affect
	 which cryptographic operations to permit. See Section 8.8,  "FIPS  Sup-
	 port".

	 These --ssl-fips-mode values are permitted:

	 *   OFF: Disable FIPS mode.

	 *   ON: Enable FIPS mode.

	 *   STRICT: Enable "strict" FIPS mode.

	     Note
	     If  the  OpenSSL FIPS Object Module is not available, the only per-
	     mitted value for --ssl-fips-mode is  OFF.	In  this  case,  setting
	     --ssl-fips-mode  to  ON  or  STRICT  causes the client to produce a
	     warning at startup and to operate in non-FIPS mode.
	 As of MySQL 8.0.34, this option is deprecated. Expect it to be  removed
	 in a future version of MySQL.

     *	 --tls-ciphersuites=ciphersuite_list
	 +---------------------+----------------------------+
	 | Command-Line Format | --tls-ciphersuites=cipher- |
	 |		       | suite_list		    |
	 +---------------------+----------------------------+
	 | Introduced	       | 8.0.16 		    |
	 +---------------------+----------------------------+
	 | Type 	       | String 		    |
	 +---------------------+----------------------------+

	 The   permissible  ciphersuites  for  encrypted  connections  that  use
	 TLSv1.3. The value is a list of one or more colon-separated ciphersuite
	 names. The ciphersuites that can be named for this option depend on the
	 SSL library used to compile MySQL. For details, see Section 8.3.2, "En-
	 crypted Connection TLS Protocols and Ciphers".

	 This option was added in MySQL 8.0.16.

     *	 --tls-version=protocol_list
	 +---------------------------+------------------------------------------------------------------+
	 | Command-Line Format	     | --tls-version=protocol_list					|
	 +---------------------------+------------------------------------------------------------------+
	 | Type 		     | String								|
	 +---------------------------+------------------------------------------------------------------+
	 | Default Value (^a=Y 8.0.16) |									|
	 |			     |		TLSv1,TLSv1.1,TLSv1.2,TLSv1.3 (OpenSSL 1.1.1 or higher) |
	 |			     |									|
	 |			     |		TLSv1,TLSv1.1,TLSv1.2 (otherwise)			|
	 +---------------------------+------------------------------------------------------------------+
	 | Default Value (^aox 8.0.15) | TLSv1,TLSv1.1,TLSv1.2						|
	 +---------------------------+------------------------------------------------------------------+

	 The permissible TLS protocols for encrypted connections. The value is a
	 list of one or more comma-separated protocol names. The protocols  that
	 can  be named for this option depend on the SSL library used to compile
	 MySQL. For details, see Section 8.3.2, "Encrypted Connection TLS Proto-
	 cols and Ciphers".

     *	 --user=user_name, -u user_name
	 +---------------------+-------------------+
	 | Command-Line Format | --user=user_name, |
	 +---------------------+-------------------+
	 | Type 	       | String 	   |
	 +---------------------+-------------------+

	 The user name of the MySQL account to use for connecting to the server.

	 If you are using the Rewriter plugin with MySQL 8.0.31  or  later,  you
	 should grant this user the SKIP_QUERY_REWRITE privilege.

     *	 --verbose, -v
	 +---------------------+-----------+
	 | Command-Line Format | --verbose |
	 +---------------------+-----------+

	 Verbose mode. Print more information about what the program does.

     *	 --version, -V
	 +---------------------+-----------+
	 | Command-Line Format | --version |
	 +---------------------+-----------+

	 Display version information and exit.

     *	 --vertical, -E
	 +---------------------+------------+
	 | Command-Line Format | --vertical |
	 +---------------------+------------+

	 Print output vertically. This is similar to --relative, but prints out-
	 put vertically.

     *	 --wait[=count], -w[count]
	 +---------------------+--------+
	 | Command-Line Format | --wait |
	 +---------------------+--------+

	 If  the  connection  cannot  be  established, wait and retry instead of
	 aborting. If a count value is given, it indicates the number  of  times
	 to retry. The default is one time.

     *	 --zstd-compression-level=level
	 +---------------------+----------------------------+
	 | Command-Line Format | --zstd-compression-level=# |
	 +---------------------+----------------------------+
	 | Introduced	       | 8.0.18 		    |
	 +---------------------+----------------------------+
	 | Type 	       | Integer		    |
	 +---------------------+----------------------------+

	 The compression level to use for connections to the server that use the
	 zstd compression algorithm. The permitted levels are from 1 to 22, with
	 larger  values indicating increasing levels of compression. The default
	 zstd compression level is 3. The compression level setting has  no  ef-
	 fect on connections that do not use zstd compression.

	 For  more  information, see Section 6.2.8, "Connection Compression Con-
	 trol".

	 This option was added in MySQL 8.0.18.

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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/.

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