5 Useful Database Command Line Tools

Mycli - Python

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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

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