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 8.13 `mysqlshow' -- Display Database, Table, and Column Information
 ===================================================================
 
 The `mysqlshow' client can be used to quickly see which databases
 exist, their tables, or a table's columns or indexes.
 
 `mysqlshow' provides a command-line interface to several SQL `SHOW'
 statements. See  show. The same information can be obtained by
 using those statements directly. For example, you can issue them from
 the `mysql' client program.
 
 Invoke `mysqlshow' like this:
 
      shell> mysqlshow [OPTIONS] [DB_NAME [TBL_NAME [COL_NAME]]]
 
    * If no database is given, a list of database names is shown.
 
    * If no table is given, all matching tables in the database are
      shown.
 
    * If no column is given, all matching columns and column types in
      the table are shown.
 
 The output displays only the names of those databases, tables, or
 columns for which you have some privileges.
 
 If the last argument contains shell or SQL wildcard characters
 (‘`*'’, ‘`?'’, ‘`%'’, or ‘`_'’), only those names that
 are matched by the wildcard are shown. If a database name contains any
 underscores, those should be escaped with a backslash (some Unix shells
 require two) to get a list of the proper tables or columns. ‘`*'’
 and ‘`?'’ characters are converted into SQL ‘`%'’ and ‘`_'’
 wildcard characters. This might cause some confusion when you try to
 display the columns for a table with a ‘`_'’ in the name, because
 in this case, `mysqlshow' shows you only the table names that match the
 pattern. This is easily fixed by adding an extra ‘`%'’ last on the
 command line as a separate argument.
 
 `mysqlshow' supports the following options:
 
    * -help, -?
 
      Display a help message and exit.
 
    * -character-sets-dir=PATH
 
      The directory where character sets are installed. See 
      character-sets.
 
    * -compress, -C
 
      Compress all information sent between the client and the server if
      both support compression.
 
    * -count
 
      Show the number of rows per table. This can be slow for
      non-`MyISAM' tables. This option was added in MySQL 5.0.6.
 
    * -debug[=DEBUG_OPTIONS], -# [DEBUG_OPTIONS]
 
      Write a debugging log. The DEBUG_OPTIONS string often is
      `'d:t:o,FILE_NAME''.
 
    * -default-character-set=CHARSET_NAME
 
      Use CHARSET_NAME as the default character set. See 
      character-sets.
 
    * -host=HOST_NAME, -h HOST_NAME
 
      Connect to the MySQL server on the given host.
 
    * -keys, -k
 
      Show table indexes.
 
    * -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, you are prompted
      for one.
 
      Specifying a password on the command line should be considered
      insecure. See  password-security.
 
    * -port=PORT_NUM, -P PORT_NUM
 
      The TCP/IP port number to use for the connection.
 
    * -protocol={TCP|SOCKET|PIPE|MEMORY}
 
      The connection protocol to use.
 
    * -show-table-type, -t
 
      Show a column indicating the table type, as in `SHOW FULL TABLES'.
      The type is `BASE TABLE' or `VIEW'.  This option was added in
      MySQL 5.0.4.
 
    * -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.
 
    * -status, -i
 
      Display extra information about each table.
 
    * -user=USER_NAME, -u USER_NAME
 
      The MySQL username to use when connecting to the server.
 
    * -verbose, -v
 
      Verbose mode. Print more information about what the program does.
      This option can be used multiple times to increase the amount of
      information.
 
    * -version, -V
 
      Display version information and exit.
 

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