mysqlimport - a data import program
mysqlimport [options] db_name textfile1 ...
MYSQLIMPORT(1) MySQL Database System MYSQLIMPORT(1)
NAME
mysqlimport - a data import program
SYNOPSIS
mysqlimport [options] db_name textfile1 ...
DESCRIPTION
The mysqlimport client provides a command-line interface to the LOAD
DATA INFILE SQL statement. Most options to mysqlimport correspond
directly to clauses of LOAD DATA INFILE syntax. See Section 13.2.6,
"LOAD DATA INFILE Syntax".
Invoke mysqlimport like this:
shell> mysqlimport [options] db_name textfile1 [textfile2 ...]
For each text file named on the command line, mysqlimport strips any
extension from the file name and uses the result to determine the name
of the table into which to import the file's contents. For example,
files named patient.txt, patient.text, and patient all would be
imported into a table named patient.
mysqlimport supports the following options, which can be specified on
the command line or in the [mysqlimport] and [client] groups of an
option file. For information about option files, see Section 4.2.6,
"Using Option Files".
o --help, -?
Display a help message and exit.
o --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.
This option is supported beginning with MySQL 5.6.1.
o --character-sets-dir=path
The directory where character sets are installed. See Section 10.5,
"Character Set Configuration".
o --columns=column_list, -c column_list
This option takes a comma-separated list of column names as its
value. The order of the column names indicates how to match data
file columns with table columns.
o --compress, -C
Compress all information sent between the client and the server if
both support compression.
o --debug[=debug_options], -# [debug_options]
Write a debugging log. A typical debug_options string is
d:t:o,file_name. The default is d:t:o.
o --debug-check
Print some debugging information when the program exits.
o --debug-info
Print debugging information and memory and CPU usage statistics
when the program exits.
o --default-character-set=charset_name
Use charset_name as the default character set. See Section 10.5,
"Character Set Configuration".
o --default-auth=plugin
The client-side authentication plugin to use. See Section 6.3.7,
"Pluggable Authentication".
This option was added in MySQL 5.6.2.
o --defaults-extra-file=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 inaccessible, an error occurs. file_name is interpreted
relative to the current directory if given as a relative path name
rather than a full path name.
o --defaults-file=file_name
Use only the given option file. If the file does not exist or is
otherwise inaccessible, an error occurs. file_name is interpreted
relative to the current directory if given as a relative path name
rather than a full path name.
o --defaults-group-suffix=str
Read not only the usual option groups, but also groups with the
usual names and a suffix of str. For example, mysqlimport normally
reads the [client] and [mysqlimport] groups. If the
--defaults-group-suffix=_other option is given, mysqlimport also
reads the [client_other] and [mysqlimport_other] groups.
o --delete, -D
Empty the table before importing the text file.
o --fields-terminated-by=..., --fields-enclosed-by=...,
--fields-optionally-enclosed-by=..., --fields-escaped-by=...
These options have the same meaning as the corresponding clauses
for LOAD DATA INFILE. See Section 13.2.6, "LOAD DATA INFILE
Syntax".
o --force, -f
Ignore errors. For example, if a table for a text file does not
exist, continue processing any remaining files. Without --force,
mysqlimport exits if a table does not exist.
o --host=host_name, -h host_name
Import data to the MySQL server on the given host. The default host
is localhost.
o --ignore, -i
See the description for the --replace option.
o --ignore-lines=N
Ignore the first N lines of the data file.
o --lines-terminated-by=...
This option has the same meaning as the corresponding clause for
LOAD DATA INFILE. For example, to import Windows files that have
lines terminated with carriage return/linefeed pairs, use
--lines-terminated-by="\r\n". (You might have to double the
backslashes, depending on the escaping conventions of your command
interpreter.) See Section 13.2.6, "LOAD DATA INFILE Syntax".
o --local, -L
Read input files locally from the client host.
o --lock-tables, -l
Lock all tables for writing before processing any text files. This
ensures that all tables are synchronized on the server.
o --login-path=name
Read options from the named login path in the .mylogin.cnf login
file. A "login path" is an option group that permits only a limited
set of options: host, user, and password. Think of a login path as
a set of values that indicate the server host and the credentials
for authenticating with the server. To create the login file, use
the mysql_config_editor utility. See mysql_config_editor(1). This
option was added in MySQL 5.6.6.
o --low-priority
Use LOW_PRIORITY when loading the table. This affects only storage
engines that use only table-level locking (such as MyISAM, MEMORY,
and MERGE).
o --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 prevent them from being read.
The exception is that the .mylogin.cnf file, if it exists, is read
in all cases. This permits passwords to be specified in a safer way
than on the command line even when --no-defaults is used.
(.mylogin.cnf is created by the mysql_config_editor utility. See
mysql_config_editor(1).)
o --password[=password], -p[password]
The password to use when connecting to the server. If you use the
short option form (-p), you cannot have a space between the option
and the password. If you omit the password value following the
--password or -p option on the command line, mysqlimport prompts
for one.
Specifying a password on the command line should be considered
insecure. See Section 6.1.2.1, "End-User Guidelines for Password
Security". You can use an option file to avoid giving the password
on the command line.
o --pipe, -W
On Windows, connect to the server using a named pipe. This option
applies only if the server supports named-pipe connections.
o --plugin-dir=path
The directory in which to look for plugins. It may be necessary to
specify this option if the --default-auth option is used to specify
an authentication plugin but mysqlimport does not find it. See
Section 6.3.7, "Pluggable Authentication".
This option was added in MySQL 5.6.2.
o --port=port_num, -P port_num
The TCP/IP port number to use for the connection.
o --print-defaults
Print the program name and all options that it gets from option
files.
o --protocol={TCP|SOCKET|PIPE|MEMORY}
The connection protocol to use for connecting to the server. It is
useful when the other connection parameters normally would cause a
protocol to be used other than the one you want. For details on the
permissible values, see Section 4.2.2, "Connecting to the MySQL
Server".
o --replace, -r
The --replace and --ignore options control handling of input rows
that duplicate existing rows on unique key values. If you specify
--replace, new rows replace existing rows that have the same unique
key value. If you specify --ignore, input rows that duplicate an
existing row on a unique key value are skipped. If you do not
specify either option, an error occurs when a duplicate key value
is found, and the rest of the text file is ignored.
o --secure-auth
Do not send passwords to the server in old (pre-4.1) format. This
prevents connections except for servers that use the newer password
format. This option is enabled by default; use --skip-secure-auth
to disable it. This option was added in MySQL 5.6.17.
Note
Passwords that use the pre-4.1 hashing method are less secure
than passwords that use the native password hashing method and
should be avoided. Pre-4.1 passwords are deprecated and support
for them will be removed in a future MySQL release. For account
upgrade instructions, see Section 6.3.8.3, "Migrating Away from
Pre-4.1 Password Hashing and the mysql_old_password Plugin".
o --shared-memory-base-name=name
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.
The server must be started with the --shared-memory option to
enable shared-memory connections.
o --silent, -s
Silent mode. Produce output only when errors occur.
o --socket=path, -S path
For connections to localhost, the Unix socket file to use, or, on
Windows, the name of the named pipe to use.
o --ssl*
Options that begin with --ssl specify whether to connect to the
server using SSL and indicate where to find SSL keys and
certificates. See Section 6.3.10.4, "SSL Command Options".
o --user=user_name, -u user_name
The MySQL user name to use when connecting to the server.
o --use-threads=N
Load files in parallel using N threads.
o --verbose, -v
Verbose mode. Print more information about what the program does.
o --version, -V
Display version information and exit.
Here is a sample session that demonstrates use of mysqlimport:
shell> mysql -e 'CREATE TABLE imptest(id INT, n VARCHAR(30))' test
shell> ed
a
100 Max Sydow
101 Count Dracula
.
w imptest.txt
32
q
shell> od -c imptest.txt
0000000 1 0 0 \t M a x S y d o w \n 1 0
0000020 1 \t C o u n t D r a c u l a \n
0000040
shell> mysqlimport --local test imptest.txt
test.imptest: Records: 2 Deleted: 0 Skipped: 0 Warnings: 0
shell> mysql -e 'SELECT * FROM imptest' test
+------+---------------+
| id | n |
+------+---------------+
| 100 | Max Sydow |
| 101 | Count Dracula |
+------+---------------+
COPYRIGHT
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ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
+---------------+--------------------------+
|ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
+---------------+--------------------------+
|Availability | database/mysql-56/client |
+---------------+--------------------------+
|Stability | Uncommitted |
+---------------+--------------------------+
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/).
NOTES
This software was built from source available at
https://java.net/projects/solaris-userland. The original community
source was downloaded from
http://downloads.mysql.com/archives/mysql-5.6/mysql-5.6.21.tar.gz
Further information about this software can be found on the open source
community website at http://dev.mysql.com/.
MySQL 5.6 09/11/2014 MYSQLIMPORT(1)