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mysql Command-line Client

mysql is a simple SQL shell (with GNU readline capabilities).

From MariaDB 10.5, the client is called mariadb. The old name, mysql, can still be used, via a symlink in Linux, or an alternate binary in Windows.

See mariadb for details.

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