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 2.5, 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 filename and uses the result to determine the name of the table into which to import the files 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: Table 4.6. mysqlimport Option Reference +---------------------------------------+-------------------------------+------------------+------------+ |Format | Config File | Description | Introduced | +---------------------------------------+-------------------------------+------------------+------------+ |--columns=column_list | columns | This option | | | | | takes a | | | | | comma-separated | | | | | list of column | | | | | names as its | | | | | value | | +---------------------------------------+-------------------------------+------------------+------------+ |--fields-enclosed-by=string | fields-enclosed-by | This option has | | | | | the same meaning | | | | | as the | | | | | corresponding | | | | | clause for LOAD | | | | | DATA INFILE | | +---------------------------------------+-------------------------------+------------------+------------+ |--fields-escaped-by | fields-escaped-by | This option has | | | | | the same meaning | | | | | as the | | | | | corresponding | | | | | clause for LOAD | | | | | DATA INFILE | | +---------------------------------------+-------------------------------+------------------+------------+ |--fields-optionally-enclosed-by=string | fields-optionally-enclosed-by | This option has | | | | | the same meaning | | | | | as the | | | | | corresponding | | | | | clause for LOAD | | | | | DATA INFILE | | +---------------------------------------+-------------------------------+------------------+------------+ |--fields-terminated-by=string | fields-terminated-by | -- This option | | | | | has the same | | | | | meaning as the | | | | | corresponding | | | | | clause for LOAD | | | | | DATA INFILE | | +---------------------------------------+-------------------------------+------------------+------------+ |--force | force | Continue even if | | +---------------------------------------+-------------------------------+ an SQL error +------------+ |-f | | occurs | | +---------------------------------------+-------------------------------+------------------+------------+ |--help | | Display help | | +---------------------------------------+-------------------------------+ message and exit +------------+ |-? | | | | +---------------------------------------+-------------------------------+------------------+------------+ |--host=host_name | host | | | +---------------------------------------+-------------------------------+ Connect to the +------------+ |-h host_name | | MySQL server on | | +---------------------------------------+-------------------------------+ the given host +------------+ |-c columns_list | | | | +---------------------------------------+-------------------------------+------------------+------------+ |--ignore | ignore | See the | | +---------------------------------------+-------------------------------+ description for +------------+ |-i | | the --replace | | | | | option | | +---------------------------------------+-------------------------------+------------------+------------+ |--ignore-lines=N | ignore-lines | Ignore the first | | | | | N lines of the | | | | | data file | | +---------------------------------------+-------------------------------+------------------+------------+ |--lines-terminated-by=string | lines-terminated-by | This option has | | | | | the same meaning | | | | | as the | | | | | corresponding | | | | | clause for LOAD | | | | | DATA INFILE | | +---------------------------------------+-------------------------------+------------------+------------+ |--local | local | Read input files | | +---------------------------------------+-------------------------------+ locally from the +------------+ |-L | | client host | | +---------------------------------------+-------------------------------+------------------+------------+ |--lock-tables | lock-tables | Lock all tables | | +---------------------------------------+-------------------------------+ for writing +------------+ |-l | | before | | | | | processing any | | | | | text files | | +---------------------------------------+-------------------------------+------------------+------------+ |--low-priority | low-priority | Use LOW_PRIORITY | | | | | when loading the | | | | | table. | | +---------------------------------------+-------------------------------+------------------+------------+ |--password[=password] | password | The password to | | | | | use when | | | | | connecting to | | | | | the server | | +---------------------------------------+-------------------------------+------------------+------------+ |--compress | compress | Compress all | | +---------------------------------------+-------------------------------+ information sent +------------+ |-p[password] | | between the | | | | | client and the | | | | | server | | +---------------------------------------+-------------------------------+------------------+------------+ |--port=port_num | port | The TCP/IP port | | +---------------------------------------+-------------------------------+ number to use +------------+ |-P port_num | | for the | | | | | connection | | +---------------------------------------+-------------------------------+------------------+------------+ |--protocol={TCP|SOCKET|PIPE|MEMORY} | protocol | The connection | | | | | protocol to use | | +---------------------------------------+-------------------------------+------------------+------------+ |--replace | replace | The --replace | | | | | and --ignore | | | | | options control | | | | | handling of | | | | | input rows that | | | | | duplicate | | | | | existing rows on | | | | | unique key | | | | | values | | +---------------------------------------+-------------------------------+------------------+------------+ |--silent | silent | Produce output | | +---------------------------------------+-------------------------------+ only when errors +------------+ |-s | | occur | | +---------------------------------------+-------------------------------+------------------+------------+ |--socket=path | socket | For connections | | +---------------------------------------+-------------------------------+ to localhost +------------+ |-S path | | | | +---------------------------------------+-------------------------------+------------------+------------+ |--ssl-ca=file_name | ssl-ca | The path to a | | +---------------------------------------+-------------------------------+ file that +------------+ |-C | | contains a list | | | | | of trusted SSL | | | | | CAs | | +---------------------------------------+-------------------------------+------------------+------------+ |--ssl-capath=directory_name | ssl-capath | The path to a | | | | | directory that | | | | | contains trusted | | | | | SSL CA | | | | | certificates in | | | | | PEM format | | +---------------------------------------+-------------------------------+------------------+------------+ |--ssl-cert=file_name | ssl-cert | The name of the | | | | | SSL certificate | | | | | file to use for | | | | | establishing a | | | | | secure | | | | | connection | | +---------------------------------------+-------------------------------+------------------+------------+ |--ssl-cipher=cipher_list | ssl-cipher | A list of | | | | | allowable | | | | | ciphers to use | | | | | for SSL | | | | | encryption | | +---------------------------------------+-------------------------------+------------------+------------+ |--ssl-key=file_name | ssl-key | The name of the | | | | | SSL key file to | | | | | use for | | | | | establishing a | | | | | secure | | | | | connection | | +---------------------------------------+-------------------------------+------------------+------------+ |--ssl-verify-server-cert | ssl-verify-server-cert | The servers | | | | | Common Name | | | | | value in its | | | | | certificate is | | | | | verified | | | | | against the | | | | | hostname used | | | | | when connecting | | | | | to the server | | +---------------------------------------+-------------------------------+------------------+------------+ |--user=user_name, | user | The MySQL | | +---------------------------------------+-------------------------------+ username to use +------------+ |-u user_name | | when connecting | | | | | to the server | | +---------------------------------------+-------------------------------+------------------+------------+ |--verbose | | | | +---------------------------------------+-------------------------------+ Verbose mode +------------+ |-v | | | | +---------------------------------------+-------------------------------+------------------+------------+ |--version | | Display version | | | | | information and | | | | | exit | | +---------------------------------------+-------------------------------+------------------+------------+ |-# [debug_options] | debug | | | +---------------------------------------+-------------------------------+ Write a +------------+ |-V | | debugging log | | +---------------------------------------+-------------------------------+ +------------+ |--debug[=debug_options] | | | | +---------------------------------------+-------------------------------+------------------+------------+ |--default-character-set=charset_name | default-character-set | Use charset_name | | | | | as the default | | | | | character set | | +---------------------------------------+-------------------------------+------------------+------------+ |--delete | delete | Empty the table | | +---------------------------------------+-------------------------------+ before importing +------------+ |-D | | the text file | | +---------------------------------------+-------------------------------+------------------+------------+ --help, -? Display a help message and exit. --character-sets-dir=path The directory where character sets are installed. See Section 2, The Character Set Used for Data and Sorting. --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. --compress, -C Compress all information sent between the client and the server if both support compression. --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 Section 2, The Character Set Used for Data and Sorting. --delete, -D Empty the table before importing the text file. --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 2.5, LOAD DATA INFILE Syntax. --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. --host=host_name, -h host_name Import data to the MySQL server on the given host. The default host is localhost. --ignore, -i See the description for the --replace option. --ignore-lines=N Ignore the first N lines of the data file. --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 2.5, LOAD DATA INFILE Syntax. --local, -L Read input files locally from the client host. --lock-tables, -l Lock all tables for writing before processing any text files. This ensures that all tables are synchronized on the server. --low-priority Use LOW_PRIORITY when loading the table. This affects only storage engines that use only table-level locking (MyISAM, MEMORY, MERGE). --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 Section 5.6, Keeping Your Password Secure. --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. --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. --silent, -s Silent mode. Produce output only when errors occur. --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. --ssl* Options that begin with --ssl specify whether to connect to the server via SSL and indicate where to find SSL keys and certificates. See Section 5.7.3, SSL Command Options. --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. --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 Copyright 2007-2008 MySQL AB This documentation is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; version 2 of the License. This documentation is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details. You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with the program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA or see http://www.gnu.org/licenses/. 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 MySQL AB (http://www.mysql.com/). MySQL 5.0 01/11/2008 MYSQLIMPORT(1)