Recently while reviewing MySQL client tools, I discovered a Linux MySQL server on my local network refusing all incoming connections. Because I run Slackware, I suspected that the -skip-networking ...

The client programs for MariaDB, PostgreSQL and SQLite3 are mysql, psql and sqlite3, respectively. I've listed several useful commands for each client in Table 1.

When running non-interactive MySQL commands one may submit MySQL credentials on the command line (we'll share with you a better option after the break), e.g.: mysql --password=secret --user=username ...