Posted on Apr 26, 2022

5 Useful Database Command Line Tools

#database #cli

Mycli - Python

https://github.com/dbcli/mycli

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A Terminal Client for MySQL with AutoCompletion and Syntax Highlighting.

Features

Auto-completion as you type for SQL keywords as well as tables, views and columns in the database.
Syntax highlighting using Pygments.
Smart-completion (enabled by default) will suggest context-sensitive completion.
- SELECT * FROM <tab> will only show table names.
- SELECT * FROM users WHERE <tab> will only show column names.
Support for multiline queries.
Favorite queries with optional positional parameters. Save a query using \fs alias query and execute it with \f alias whenever you need.
Timing of sql statements and table rendering.
Config file is automatically created at ~/.myclirc at first launch.
Log every query and its results to a file (disabled by default).
Pretty prints tabular data (with colors!)
Support for SSL connections

Usage

$ mycli --help Usage: mycli [OPTIONS] [DATABASE] A MySQL terminal client with auto-completion and syntax highlighting. Examples: - mycli my_database - mycli -u my_user -h my_host.com my_database - mycli mysql://my_user@my_host.com:3306/my_database Options: -h, --host TEXT Host address of the database. -P, --port INTEGER Port number to use for connection. Honors $MYSQL_TCP_PORT. -u, --user TEXT User name to connect to the database. -S, --socket TEXT The socket file to use for connection. -p, --password TEXT Password to connect to the database. --pass TEXT Password to connect to the database. --ssh-user TEXT User name to connect to ssh server. --ssh-host TEXT Host name to connect to ssh server. --ssh-port INTEGER Port to connect to ssh server. --ssh-password TEXT Password to connect to ssh server. --ssh-key-filename TEXT Private key filename (identify file) for the ssh connection. --ssh-config-path TEXT Path to ssh configuration. --ssh-config-host TEXT Host to connect to ssh server reading from ssh configuration. --ssl-ca PATH CA file in PEM format. --ssl-capath TEXT CA directory. --ssl-cert PATH X509 cert in PEM format. --ssl-key PATH X509 key in PEM format. --ssl-cipher TEXT SSL cipher to use. --ssl-verify-server-cert Verify server's "Common Name" in its cert against hostname used when connecting. This option is disabled by default. -V, --version Output mycli's version. -v, --verbose Verbose output. -D, --database TEXT Database to use. -d, --dsn TEXT Use DSN configured into the [alias_dsn] section of myclirc file. --list-dsn list of DSN configured into the [alias_dsn] section of myclirc file. --list-ssh-config list ssh configurations in the ssh config (requires paramiko). -R, --prompt TEXT Prompt format (Default: "\t \u@\h:\d> "). -l, --logfile FILENAME Log every query and its results to a file. --defaults-group-suffix TEXT Read MySQL config groups with the specified suffix. --defaults-file PATH Only read MySQL options from the given file. --myclirc PATH Location of myclirc file. --auto-vertical-output Automatically switch to vertical output mode if the result is wider than the terminal width. -t, --table Display batch output in table format. --csv Display batch output in CSV format. --warn / --no-warn Warn before running a destructive query. --local-infile BOOLEAN Enable/disable LOAD DATA LOCAL INFILE. -g, --login-path TEXT Read this path from the login file. -e, --execute TEXT Execute command and quit. --init-command TEXT SQL statement to execute after connecting. --charset TEXT Character set for MySQL session. --password-file PATH File or FIFO path containing the password to connect to the db if not specified otherwise --help Show this message and exit.

Pgcli - Python

https://github.com/dbcli/pgcli

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Postgres CLI with autocompletion and syntax highlighting

Features

Auto-completes as you type for SQL keywords as well as tables and columns in the database.
Syntax highlighting using Pygments.
Smart-completion (enabled by default) will suggest context-sensitive completion.
- SELECT * FROM <tab> will only show table names.
- SELECT * FROM users WHERE <tab> will only show column names.
Primitive support for psql back-slash commands.
Pretty prints tabular data.

$ pip install -U pgcli

$ sudo apt-get install pgcli # Only on Debian based Linux (e.g. Ubuntu, Mint, etc)
$ brew install pgcli # Only on macOS

Sqlline - Java

https://github.com/julianhyde/sqlline

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Shell for issuing SQL to relational databases via JDBCIf you have Coursier installed, you can quickly connect to a demo Hypersonic database with:

$ coursier launch sqlline:sqlline:1.12.0 org.hsqldb:hsqldb:2.5.0 net.hydromatic:foodmart-data-hsqldb:0.4 -M sqlline.SqlLine -- -u jdbc:hsqldb:res:foodmart -n FOODMART -p FOODMART -d org.hsqldb.jdbcDriver 0: jdbc:hsqldb:res:foodmart> select avg("shelf_height" * "shelf_width" * "shelf_depth") as "avg_volume" from "product"; +-------------------------+ | avg_volume | +-------------------------+ | 2147.3845245442353 | +-------------------------+ 1 row selected (0.01 seconds) 0: jdbc:hsqldb:res:foodmart> !quit

Iredis - Python

https://github.com/laixintao/iredis

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Interactive Redis: A Terminal Client for Redis with AutoCompletion and Syntax Highlighting.

Features

Advanced code completion. If you run command KEYS then run DEL, IRedis will auto-complete your command based on KEYS result.
Command validation. IRedis will validate command while you are typing, and highlight errors. E.g. try CLUSTER MEET IP PORT, IRedis will validate IP and PORT for you.
Command highlighting, fully based on redis grammar. Any valid command in IRedis shell is a valid redis command.
Human-friendly result display.
pipeline feature, you can use your favorite shell tools to parse redis' response, like get json | jq ..
Support pager for long output.
Support connection via URL, iredis --url redis://example.com:6379/1.
Support cluster, IRedis will auto reissue command for MOVED response in cluster mode.
Store server configuration: iredis -d prod-redis (see dsn for more).
peek command to check the key's type then automatically call get/lrange/sscan, etc, depending on types. You don't need to call the type command then type another command to get the value. peek will also display the key's length and memory usage.
Ctrl + C to cancel the current typed command, this won't exit IRedis, exactly like bash behaviour. Use Ctrl + D to send a EOF to exit IRedis.
Ctrl + R to open reverse-i-search to search through your command history.
Auto suggestions. (Like fish shell.)
Support --encode=utf-8, to decode Redis' bytes responses.
Command hint on bottom, include command syntax, supported redis version, and time complexity.
Official docs with built-in HELP command, try HELP SET!
Written in pure Python, but IRedis was packaged into a single binary with PyOxidizer, you can use cURL to download and run, it just works, even you don't have a Python interpreter.
Hide password for AUTH command.
Says "Goodbye!" to you when you exit!
For full features, please see: iredis.io

Or you can download the executable binary with cURL(or wget), untar, then run. It is especially useful when you don't have a python interpreter(E.g. the official Redis docker image which doesn't have Python installed.):

wget https://github.com/laixintao/iredis/releases/latest/download/iredis.tar.gz \ && tar -xzf iredis.tar.gz \ && ./iredis

Usql - Go

https://github.com/xo/usql

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Universal command-line interface for SQL databases

If the following or similar error is encountered when attempting to run usql:

$ usql
dyld: Library not loaded: /usr/local/opt/icu4c/lib/libicuuc.68.dylib
Referenced from: /Users/user/.local/bin/usql
Reason: image not found
Abort trap: 6